There was something of wistfulness, of thought for him in her eyes now, and in pure joy he laughed.
"Why do you laugh ?" she asked.
"Because I am happy," he replied, and sent the canoe ahead with a first deep stroke.

"I have never been happier in my life.

I did not know that it was possible to feel as I do." "And I am just beginning to feel my selfishness," she said.

"You have thought only of me.

You are making a wonderful sacrifice for me.