I know I shall love you always.

Do you suppose I am really different from other girls ?" "Everything is different to-night--the whole world," he declared, impatiently.

"I thought I knew myself, but suddenly I seem strange in my own eyes." "I've had a big handicap," she said, "but you must help me to overcome it.

I want to be like your sister." He rose and piled more wood upon the fire.

What possessed the girl?
It was as if she knew each cunning joint of his armor, as if she had realized her peril and had set about the awakening of his conscience, deliberately and with a cautious wisdom beyond her years.