15/15 Give me your hand! God bless you!" She put my hand to her lips before I was aware of her, and kissed it, and ran back into her room. She had looked at me for one moment when she kissed my hand. I forgot Ambrose and his confession; I forgot the coming trial; I forgot my professional duties and my English friends. There I sat, in a fool's elysium of my own making, with absolutely nothing in my mind but the picture of Naomi's face at the moment when she had last looked at me! I have already mentioned that I was in love with her. I merely add this to satisfy you that I tell the truth.. |