They took me places where there were pictures, plays, and lovely parties, and I studied hard to learn some music, to dance, ride and all the things they wanted me to do, and to read good books, and to learn to meet people with graciousness to equal theirs, and all of it.

Every day I grew stronger and met more people, and there were different places to go, and always, when anything was to be done, up popped Mr.Herbert Kennedy and said and did exactly the right thing, and he could be extremely nice, David." "I haven't a doubt!" said the Harvester, laying hold of her kimono.
"And he popped up so much that at last I saw he was either pretending or else he really was growing very fond of me, so one day when we were alone I told him all about you, to make him see that he must not.

He laughed at me, and said exactly what you did, that I didn't love you at all, that it was gratitude, that it was the affection of a child.

He talked for hours about how grandfather and grandmother had suffered, how it was my duty to live with them and give you up, even if I cared greatly for you; but he said what I felt was not love at all.

Then he tried to tell me what he thought love was, and I could see very clearly that if it was like that, I didn't love you, but I came a whole world closer it than loving him, and I told him so.