You have been so cold to me for a long time.' 'I have been distracted.

It was as if we were drawing nearer and nearer to the edge of a cataract.' 'Have you spoken to your mother about this ?' he asked uneasily.
'No--not exactly this.

But I know she will help us in this way.' He had seated himself and was holding her in his arms, his face laid against hers.
'I shall dread to part from you, Amy.

That's such a dangerous thing to do.

It may mean that we are never to live as husband and wife again.' 'But how could it?
It's just to prevent that danger.