She stares at him as if hardly seeing him, however; her thoughts have carried her back to past delights in which he has had no part.

"To live there again!" She sighs quickly, excitedly.

"You haven't seen it, you don't _know,"_ says she.

"But it is the most beautiful place on earth." She puts out her hand and lays it on his.

"If I marry you, will you promise that I shall live at Oakdean ?" "If you will do me the honour to marry me, you shall live just where you like," returns he.