9/14 It may be they will give you this great love." "It is here--it is in her soul and mine!" the youth declared, his arm about Arria. "It has prepared us for any trial--even parting." "I have so much happiness already," said the girl. "So much--it will keep me through many years." "Then it is the great love, and I thank the gods I have seen it," said the Lady Claudia. "Who may say where it shall end ?" She came near them as she spoke and offered her cheek to the boy. He kissed her, and she went away with tears upon her face. |