But as he stood holding Cherry in his arms (for she had come to him in the upper parlour at an hour when all the household were elsewhere engaged, and there was no fear of interruption), a look of stern purpose and resolution passed across the young man's face--an expression which those who knew the Trevlyn family would have recognized as a true Trevlyn look.

His face seemed to take added years and manliness as that expression crossed it; and looking tenderly down at the quivering Cherry, he asked: "Thinkest thou that he has seen or suspected aught ?" "I know not.

He said no word of that, only looked hard at me as be spoke of Jacob." "And what saidst thou ?" "Alack! what could I say?
I did but tell him I had no thoughts of such a thing.

I prayed he would not send me from him.

I told him I was over young to think of marriage, and besought him to speak of it no more.