2/5 "You know how I have trusted you." "And have I not trusted you, Frank? They say girls cannot keep secrets, but I think you will find out they can." "Ah, Inza! you are not like other girls." "Oh, yes, I am!" she laughed. "You think I am not, but I am. Perhaps I am a trifle too old for my years, as papa often says; but the terrible dangers you have rescued me from have been quite enough to add something to my age." "In the face of every danger you have been brave as few girls could have been." "That's flattery." "It is the sincere, honest truth. Do you think I would attempt to flatter you ?" "Frank!" Their hands met, and he suddenly leaned over the gate and kissed her, in the dusky twilight. |