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surrender beyond words。 

     〃But your fatheryour people!〃 

     〃'Where   thou   lodgest;   I   will   lodge:   thy   people   shall   be   my   people。〃' 

She murmured it with a broken little laugh that was a sob。 

     Even then he did not take her in his arms。 The habit of reverence for 

her was of many years' growth and not to be broken in an instant。 

     〃You are sure; dearquite sure?〃 

     〃I've    been    sure   ever    since   the   day    of   our   first  talk   on   the 

_Bellingham。_〃 



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     Still he fought the joy that flooded him。 〃I must tell you the truth so 

that you won't idealize me 。 。 。 and the situation。 I am enlisted in this fight 

for life。 Where it will lead me I don't know。 But I must follow the road I 

see。 You will lose your friends。 They will think me a crank; an enemy to 

society; and they will think you demented。 But even for you I can't turn 

back。〃 

     A tender glow  was in   her deep eyes。  〃If I  did not know  that do   you 

think I would marry you?〃 

     〃But you've always had the best things。 You've never known what it is 

to be poor。〃 

     〃No;  I've   never had   the   best   things;  never   till   I   knew  you;   dear。   I've 

starved for them and did not know how to escape the prison I was in。 Then 

you came 。 。 。 and you showed me。 The world is at my feet now。 Not the 

world you meant; of idleness and luxury and ennui 。 。 。 but that better one 

of the spirit where you and I shall walk together as comrades of all who 

work and laugh and weep。〃 

     〃If I could be sure!〃 

     〃Of me; Jeff?〃 

     〃That I can make you happy。 After all it's a chance。〃 

     〃We all live on a chance。 I'll take mine beside the man I love。 There is 

one way under heaven by which men may be saved。 I'm going to walk that 

way with you; dear。〃 

     Jeff threw away the reins of a worldly wise prudence。 

     〃For ever and ever; Alice;〃 he cried softly; shaken to his soul。 

     As their lips met the lark throbbed a betrothal song。 

     。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 。 

     They     went    slowly    through     the  wet    ferns;  hand    in   hand。   It  was 

amazingly   true   that   he   had   won   her;   but   Jeff   could   scarce   believe   the 

miracle。 More than once he recurred to it。 

     〃You saw what no other young woman of your set in Verden did; the 

human in me through my vagabondage。 But why? There's nothing in my 

appearance to attract。〃 

     〃Valiant   in   velvet;   light   in   ragged   luck;〃   she   laughed。   〃And   I   won't 

have   you   questioning   my   taste;   sir。   I've   always   thought   you   very   good… 



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looking; if you must have it。〃 

    〃If you're as far gone as that!〃 His low laughter rang out to meet hers; 

for no reason except the best of reasonsthat they walked alone with love 

through a world wonderful。 



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