And I made that vow--having no doubt of keeping it--until I saw you again----" "When ?" "When you came to me in Westchester before the storm." "Then!" I exclaimed, amazed.
"Is it not strange, Euan?
I know not how it was with me or why, all suddenly, I seemed to know--seemed to catch a sudden glimmer of my destiny--a brief, confusing gleam.

And only seemed to fear and hate you--yet, it was not hate or fear, either....

And when I came to you in the rain--there at the stable shed--and when you followed, and gave your ring--such hell and heaven as awakened in my heart you could not fathom--nor could I--nor can I yet understand....

Do you think I loved you even then?
Not knowing that I loved you ?" "How could you love me then ?" "God knows....

And afterward, on the rock in the moonlight--as you lay there asleep--oh, I knew not what so moved me to leave you my message and a wild-rose lying there....