I sometimes dream of them even now." He looked at her, surprised, and rather concerned.

Poor little woman! There were actually tears in her eyes.
"Yes," she went on, as if she could not help the words coming out, "that's the real reason I sold Boo-boo.

I even felt as if my poor little Boo-boo had turned against me." There was a touch of excitement, almost of defiance, in her low voice, and Radmore felt exceedingly taken aback and puzzled.

This was an Enid Crofton he had never met.

"Come, come--you mustn't feel like that"-- he took her hand in his and held it closely.
She looked up at him and her eyes filled with tears, and then, suddenly, her heart began beating deliciously.