4/8 "Nature would have grown jealous of our good-humor--of our tranquil happiness. And after all, here we are together again--that is, some of us. But I have only my own audacity to thank for it. I was quite free to believe that you were not at all pleased to see me re-appear--and it is only because I am not easy to discourage--am indeed probably a rather impudent fellow--that I have ventured to come here to-day." "I am very glad to see you re-appear, Mr.Longueville," Mrs.Vivian declared with the accent of veracity. |