And I am very proud.
Oh, Dick, my boy!" And she gave him her other hand.

Tears glistened in her eyes.
"But I am not sure," she went on.

"Now that you have spoken, I am not sure.

It would be all so different from what my life has been, from what I thought it would be.

Dick, you make me ashamed." "Hush!" he said gently, as one might chide a child for talking nonsense.
He put an arm about her, and she hid her face in his coat.
"Yes, that's the truth, Dick.