Tell me, was she very beautiful ?" "She was the loveliest woman that I ever saw--except one who is sitting at my side," he added to himself.
"And do you love her very much ?" "Yes, I loved her very much." If Juanna heard the change of tense she took no note of it; it was such a little thing, only one letter.

And yet what a vast gulf there is between _love_ and _loved_! It is measureless.

Still, most people have crossed it in their lives, some of them more than once.

He told her the exact truth, but after a woman's fashion she added to the truth.

He said that he had loved Jane Beach, and she did not doubt that he still loved her more than ever.