But I do not doubt myself, and I should be wrong to keep you in suspense.

Dear, dearest Bernard, it cannot be; and as it cannot he, you, as my brother, would bid me say so clearly.

It cannot be." As she made this last assurance, they heard the steps of Lily and her lover close to them, and they both felt that it would be well that their intercourse should thus be brought to a close.

Neither had known how to get up and leave the place, and yet each had felt that nothing further could then be said.
"Did you ever see anything so sweet and affectionate and romantic ?" said Lily, standing over them and looking at them.

"And all the while we have been so practical and worldly.