It was as if the few gallant words had loosened the awful constriction at her heart.
"Oh, Phil, Phil!" she cried brokenly.

"You understand--what this is to me--how I love him--how I love him! Bring him back to me! Promise, Phil, promise!" And Phil bent till his lips touched the hands he held.
"I will do it," he said with reverence--"so help me, God!".