31/32 "We are friends as well as brothers. I'm as glad for your happiness as if it were my own, and I'll ride with you to Fontenoy to kiss my new sister. The wine's good, and I'll light more candles. There!" "You're the best fellow in the world, Ludwell," said the younger gratefully. "She had on a gown with little flowers all over a yellowy ground, and there was a curl that came down on her white neck--and when I had gone away forever and then felt her hand upon my arm, it was like a sword-stroke opening Paradise. |