Secondly, that you were his dearest friend.

Thirdly--well, I never compromise truth--that you were good." "And you ?" "The first I was ignorant of; the second I had already guessed; the third--" He gazed at her intently.
"The third I had likewise--not doubted." John made some hurried acknowledgment.

He looked greatly pleased--nay, more than pleased--happy.

He walked forward by Miss March's side, taking his natural place in the conversation, while I as naturally as willingly fell behind.

But I heard all they said, and joined in it now and then.
Thus, sometimes spoken to, and sometimes left silent, watching their two figures, and idly noting their comparative heights--her head came just above John's shoulder--I followed these young people through the quiet wood.
Let me say a word about that wood--dear and familiar as it was.