I mean, if Mrs.Dalrymple will permit me." An involuntary smile flitted across his lips--the first I had seen there all the day.
"She will be glad--grateful.

She knows that I value you, and she has proof that I trust you.

You are the only possessor of our secret." "It is as safe with me," I said, "as if I were dead, and in my grave." "I know it, old fellow.

Well--you will see her sometimes.

You will write to me, and tell me how she is looking.