"You live a long way from here, and you told me you knew nobody in these parts." "I know you," Vincent said, "and that is quite enough.

Do you not know that I love you ?" The girl gave a start of surprise, her cheek flushed but her eyes did not drop as she looked frankly at him.
"No, Vincent," she said after a pause, "I never once thought you loved me--never once.

You have not been a bit like what I thought people were when they felt like that." "I hope not, Lucy.

I was your protector then, I have tried my best to be what people thought me--your brother; but now that you are just home and among your own people, I think I may speak and tell you how I feel toward you, and how I loved you since the moment I first saw you.

And you, Lucy, do you think you could care for me ?" "Not more than I do now, Vincent.