It is true that I promised to be your brother, and I will not break my word unless I break it by your own sanction.

I did promise to be your brother, but I did not know then how fondly I should come to love you.

Your father, when I told him of this, bade me not to be hasty; but I am hasty, and I haven't known how to wait.

Tell me that I may come at Christmas for my answer, and I will not say a word to trouble you till then.

I will be your brother, at any rate till Christmas." "Be my brother always." A black cloud crossed his brow as this request reached his ears.
She was looking anxiously into his face, watching every turn in the expression of his countenance.