12/27 Oh, surely it will come, after all that we have gone through together!" She looked at me very steadily and kindly through her tears. I do love you for your bravery and your--love--but that will not quite do for either of us." "Why not ?" I cried in an ecstasy. "My darling, it will do for me! It is more than I dared to hope for; thank God, thank God, that you should care for me at all!" She shook her head. You do not love me as you want to love." "As I could love--" "And as you will! It will come. |