"How lucky it was I chose the right place to watch in at last! I was sure, if only I persevered long enough, I should be rewarded." "Have you been waiting for me long ?" asked Letty, with foolish acceptance.
"A fortnight and a day," answered Tom, with a laugh.

"But I would wait a long year for such another chance as this." And he pressed to his side the hand upon his arm.

"Fate is indeed kind to-night." "Hardly in the weather," said Letty, fast recovering her spirits.
"Not ?" said Tom, with seeming pretense of indignation.

"Let any one but yourself dare to say a word against the weather of this night, and he will have me to reckon with.

It's the sweetest weather I ever walked in.