And now it is in your power to do more for us than ever you have done before." He paused, and in the silence I heard the rain falling on the gravel path.

It had been threatening all the afternoon.

The wind soughed; it was going to be a wild night.
"Mr.Dawson has been with me this afternoon," he went on.

"We talked of you, Bawn.

Bawn, child, Richard Dawson wishes to marry you.