25/27 Poverty! Poverty! And for hours he could not sleep. His eyes kept filling with tears, the beating of his heart was low; and in his solitude he called upon Amy with pitiful entreaty: 'Do not forsake me! I love you! I love you!' But that went by. Six days, five days, four days--will one's heart burst with happiness? 'A good fellow, too, and you deserve it.' 'But at first I had a horrible suspicion.' 'I guess what you mean. No; I wasn't even in love with her, though I admired her. |