This, and her smile--which added a charm of its own to the beauty of her mouth--won my heart, before she had got close enough to me to put her hand in mine.

"Ah, my dear!" I said, in my headlong way, "I am so glad to see you!" The instant the words passed my lips, I could have cut my tongue out for reminding her in that brutal manner that she was blind.
To my relief, she showed no sign of feeling it as I did.

"May I see you, in _my_ way ?" she asked gently--and held up her pretty white hand.

"May I touch your face ?" I sat down at once on the window-seat.

The soft rosy tips of her fingers seemed to cover my whole face in an instant.