I'm very glad." He sighed and shook his head.

"Yes, I'm glad, though I love her myself--in a way.

But I'm going to be a brother to her, and therefore--if you'll permit me--to you, too.

I hope you have made her very happy." "I hope so," responded Derrick; "and I hope to make her happy all her life." "You'll be married soon, I suppose ?" "Yes, if Celia will consent," replied Derrick, looking before him as if he saw a vista of ecstatic years stretching into infinity.

"I will marry her as soon as she will have me, and I will take her to South America, where I have work--and friends," he added, as he remembered Donna Elvira.
"Of course, she'll go with you anywhere," said Reggie.