His love--it just poured over me like molten gold.

It melted the shell of my reserve; it burst through the ice of my convictions; it swept me off my feet upon a torrent of wondrous fire.

I knew nothing in heaven or earth but that this love was mine, and was for me.

And then--oh, Deryck! I can't explain--I don't know myself how it happened--but this whirlwind of emotion came to rest upon my heart.

He knelt with his arms around me, and we held each other in a sudden great stillness; and in that moment I was all his, and he knew it.