11/15 She was tired and has fallen asleep." "Don't wake her yet. I know I forget a great deal--everything seems far off--but just at last I wanted you, and you are here." Both were silent for a minute. Then he spoke again-- "Mary, why did you marry an Indian ?" "Because I loved him," she said, her voice half choked by sobs. They cheated you into it; but I think, though he was a brute, he loved you always. |