But it's your health I fear for.

Take care of it for my sake." Most of the evening he was away, and again the whole of next morning.
But when the time came for her to leave, they were sitting once more, as they had done so often, hand in hand, their love and trust stronger than ever, too strong to find expression in mere words.
"If I go into Parliament," said Denzil, "it's you I have to thank for it.

You have faced and borne everything rather than disappoint my aims." He raised her fingers to his lips.

Then the arrival of the carriage was announced, and when the door had closed again, they held each other for a moment in passionate embrace.
"Good-bye for a night and a day at longest," he whispered by the carriage door.

"I shall come before midnight to-morrow." She tried to say good-bye, but could not utter a sound.