What elation whispered he could not yet believe; no, he could not believe it.

While he listened he knew that he must be making up the words.

By and by he found himself among the shadows of the Den.

If he had loved Grizel he would have known that it was here she would come, to the sweet Den where he and she had played as children, the spot where she had loved him first.

She had always loved him--always, always.