20/25 She asked me how old I was. There was a cool faithfulness in the kiss that revived my heart wonderfully. I felt that I feared the dreadful Ash no more. But he shall not touch you, my child." "Are all the ash-trees as dreadful as he ?" "Oh, no. They are all disagreeable selfish creatures--( what horrid men they will make, if it be true!)--but this one has a hole in his heart that nobody knows of but one or two; and he is always trying to fill it up, but he cannot. |