[Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott]@TWC D-Link bookRose in Bloom CHAPTER 19 BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN 4/10
If you come from X, you doubtless know them." "I have met them.
Good morning." And with bows the gentlemen parted, for at that instant the young man caught sight of a tall lady going down the church steps with a devout expression in her fine eyes and a prayer-book in her hand. Hastening after her, the serious-minded young man accosted her just as she turned into a quiet street. "Phebe!" Only a word, but it wrought a marvelous change, for the devout expression vanished in the drawing of a breath, and the quiet face blossomed suddenly with color, warmth, and "the light that never was on sea or land" as she turned to meet her lover with an answering word as eloquent as his. "Archie!" "The year is out today.
I told you I should come.
Have you forgotten ?" "No I knew you'd come." "And are you glad ?" "How can I help it ?" "You can't don't try.
Come into this little park and let us talk." And drawing her hand through his arm, Archie led her into what to other eyes was a very dismal square, with a boarded-up fountain in the middle, sodden grass plots, and dead leaves dancing in the wintry wind. But to them it was a summery Paradise, and they walked to and fro in the pale sunshine, quite unconscious that they were objects of interest to several ladies and gentlemen waiting anxiously for their dinner or yawning over the dull books kept for Sunday reading.
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