We would have sold the big house long ago if it hadn't been for our friends.

They like it." "I have never heard a more truly romantic story," said I.
And it WAS romantic: these fine people escaping from too many possessions, too much property, to the peace and quietude of a garden where they could be lovers again.
"It seems, sometimes," said Mrs.Vedder, "that I never really believed in God until we came down here--" "I saw the verse on the table in the arbour," said I.
"And it is true," said Mr.Vedder.

"We got a long, long way from God for many years: here we seem to get back to Him." I had fully intended to take the road again that afternoon, but how could any one leave such people as those?
We talked again late that night, but the next morning, at the leisurely Sunday breakfast, I set my hour of departure with all the firmness I could command.

I left them, indeed, before ten o'clock that forenoon.

I shall never forget the parting.