Yet, hard as was his own case, at least he knew that he was loved; if her chair must be empty, the fault was as little hers as his, while Aaron---- A noble compassion drew him forward, and he put his hand determinedly on the dear old man's shoulder.
"Aaron," he said, in a tremble of pity, "I know what is the real sorrow of your life, and I rejoice because I can put an end to it.

You think that Jean Myles never cared for you; but you are strangely wrong.

I was with my mother to the last, Aaron, and I can tell you, she asked me with her dying breath to say to you that she loved you all the time." Aaron tried to rise, but was pushed back into his chair.

"Love cannot die," cried Tommy, triumphantly, like the fairy in the pantomime; "love is always young----" He stopped in mid-career at sight of Aaron's disappointing face.

"Are you done ?" the warper inquired.