You have the better right, a thousand-fold, to her than I have; and, had I been in your place, I could never have made such a sacrifice.
"We must be friends, sir, great friends.

Our past has been saddened by the same blow.

All our hopes, in the future, are centred on the same object." The two men rose to their feet together, and their hands met in a firm clasp, and tears stood in both their eyes.
Then the squire put his hand on the other's shoulder, and said, "We will talk again, presently.

Let us go into the next room.

The little one is longing to see you, and we must not keep her." For the next hour, the two men devoted themselves to the child.