Then, if he still groped, she seemed to see her way, and took it.
"It was very good of you to come out and join our wanderings," she said suddenly.

Her voice was clear and kind.

He started.
"You know I could ask for nothing better," was his slow reply, not without dignity.

"It has been an immense privilege to see you like this, day by day." Elizabeth's pulse quickened.
"How can I manage it ?" she desperately thought.

"But I must--" "That's very sweet of you," she said aloud, "when I have bored you so with my raptures.