20/33 I am so wretched about it that I feel like taking the first steamer and bringing her home with me. She will forget all about him when she is here; and it is only her loneliness that makes her want to marry. I don't want her married; I want her to love me and Martha and--Archie--and she will if she sees him." "Is that better than loving a man who loves her ?" The words dropped from his lips before he could recall them--forced out, as it were, by the pressure of his heart. She knew he did not mean her, and yet she saw he spoke from his heart. Doctor John's face, however, gave no sign of his thoughts. |