Besides, Anne was anxious to go to school another year.

So it was decided that she should spend the winter in an academy in Jacksonville, while Lincoln devoted himself to the study of the law.

Then, when she should return from school, he would be a member of the bar and they could be married.
A happy spring and summer followed.

All their friends took an interest in the lovers, and their prospects seemed bright.

But Anne's health began to fail.