She hid her face against his coat, and when he would raise it she would not suffer him.

But in a little while she drew herself apart, and, holding his hands, looked at him with a great pride.
"My Dick," she said, and she laughed--a low sweet laugh of happiness which thrilled to the heart of her lover.
"I'll tell you something," she said.

"When I said good-bye to him--to the Prince--he asked me if I was going to marry you." "And you answered ?" "That you hadn't asked me." "Now I have.

Violet!" he whispered.
But now she held him off, and suddenly her face grew serious.
"Dick, I will tell you something," she said, "now, so that I may never tell you it again.

Remember it, Dick! For both our sakes remember it!" "Well ?" he asked.