Do you remember how I first made your acquaintance ?" "As if I should ever forget!" and she raised her lovely, large dark eyes to his.

"I had been paddling about in the sea, and I had lost my shoes and stockings.

You found them for me, and you put them on!" "True!" and he smiled.

"You had very wet little feet, all rosy with the salt of the sea--and your long hair was blown about in thick curls round the brightest, sweetest little face in the world.

I thought you were the prettiest little girl I had ever seen in my life, and I think just the same of you now." A pale blush flitted over her cheeks, and she dropped him a demure curtsy.
"Thank you!" she said.