I will tell you more;--she does not approve of it.

But it is fixed in Heaven itself.

It may well be that I shall never be able to marry the gentleman to whom I allude, but most certainly I shall marry no one else.

I have told you this because it seems to be necessary to your welfare, so that you may get over this passing feeling." "It is no passing feeling," said Anderson, with some tragic grandeur.
"At any rate, you have now my story, and remember that it is trusted to you as a gentleman.

I have told it you for a purpose." Then she walked out of the room, leaving the poor young man in temporary despair..