Will you forgive me ?" He laughed happily.

"It's funny how little things work out, sometimes," he said.

"Wasn't a kingdom lost once upon a time because some fellow didn't have a horseshoe?
Anyway, I knew of a man whose life was saved because of a broken pipe-stem.

And you came to me, and I'm here with you now, because--" "Of what ?" she whispered.
"Because of something that happened a long time ago," he said.
"Something you wouldn't dream could have anything to do with you or with me.

Shall I tell you about it, Marette ?" Her fingers pressed slightly upon his arm.