38/43 She cried out: "Oh, I wish I could see those wonderful scenes!" He turned swiftly: "You can; I'll take you." She shrank back. "Oh, no! I didn't mean that--I meant--some time----" His face darkened. That time'll never come." Then a silence fell on them. Harold knew that his plans could not be carried out with a woman for companion--and he had sense enough to know that Mary's words were born of a momentary enthusiasm. |