When he came back he took off her bonnet, without speaking, and began to place his flowers in her hair.

She was quite still while he arranged her coronet, looking up in his face with loving eyes, with a peaceful composure.

She knew that he was pleased from his manner, which had the joyousness of a child playing with a new toy, and she did not think twice of his occupation.

It was pleasant to forget everything except his pleasure.

When he had decked her out, he said: "There, Ruth! now you'll do.