I'll not be in your life any longer.

How can it not be changed?
How will you stay my friend, dear Althea ?' The tears rolled down her cheeks.

That he should see, and accept, and still love her, made him seem dearer than ever before, while, in her heart, she knew that he spoke the truth.

'Don't--don't, dear Franklin,' she pleaded.

'You will be often with us.