We're young enough, both of us, to wait for our happiness." "And have you any idea--we might as well face the worst--how many years do you think that will be, dearest ?" He was a little annoyed at her persistence.

Also, though he would not admit the thought, it did not seem quite the thing for her to ask.

A woman should not seek too definite a period of waiting.

She ought to trust--to just wait on general principles.
"I can face a thing better if I know just what I'm facing," said the girl, quietly, "and I'd wait for you, if I had to, all my life.

Will it be twenty years, do you think ?" He looked relieved.