77/79 Ruth, dear, I thought you LOVED the man." "What made you think so ?" "You did!" "I didn't either! I never said I loved him. I said I was under obligations to him; but they are as well repaid as they ever can be. I said I adored him, and I tell you I do! Give him what we owe him, both of us, in money, and send them away. If you'd seen as much of them as I have, you'd be tired of them, too. Please, please, David!" "Yes," said the Harvester, arising in a sudden tide of effulgent joy. |