She felt that she had been beaten to-day with many stripes.
Suddenly the bushes beside her rustled.

"Forgive me," he said hoarsely.

She looked up and saw his red honest eyes.

"I behaved like a brute.

Good-by, Lucy! I never loved any woman but you, and I never will." "Stay, stay!" she cried.
He heard her, but he did not come back..