Now are you not happy ?" "Indeed, indeed I am!" cried Zoe, dancing about the room in ecstasy, her eyes shining, and her cheeks flushing with joy.
"May I go to him at once ?" she asked, stopping short, with an eager, questioning look.
"Yes.

Art says you may, and Ned is asking for you.

How fond he is of you, Zoe! though, I think, no fonder than you are of him." "I don't deserve it," responded Zoe, with unwonted humility, answering the first part of the remark.
"I don't see but you do," said Ella.

"Can I help you with your dressing?
I know you are in a hurry to get to him." "Thank you.

I don't think you can, but I'll be done in five minutes." Edward lay watching for her coming, listening for the sound of her light footsteps, and, as she opened the door, looked up, and greeted her with a tenderly affectionate smile.
"O Ned! dear, dear Ned!" she cried, hastening to the bedside; "how like yourself you look again!" "And feel, too, love," he said, drawing her down till their lips met in a long kiss.
Arthur had stepped out on her entrance, and they were quite alone together.
"God has been very good to us, darling, in sparing us to each other," Edward said, in low, moved tones.
"Oh, yes, yes!" she sobbed.