But I fear to say anything now.

I can not trust myself." "But you will at least say something that will give me the basis of a hope," he persisted.
"Not now--not now," she said, giving him her hand, which he seized and kissed fervently, and withdrew from the room.
She bolted the door and gave herself up to the most intense thought.
Assignment to duty with an expedition took Dr.Denslow away the next morning, without his being able to see her.

When he returned a week later, he found this letter lying on his desk: MY VERY DEAR FRIEND: The declaration you honored me with making has been the subject of many hours of the most earnest consideration possible.
I am certain that it si due to you and to the confession that you have made of your feelings, that I should in turn confess that I am deeply--what shall I say--INTERESTED in you?
No; that is too prim and prudish a term.

There is in you for me more than a mere attraction; I feel for you something deeper than even warm friendship.

That you would make such a husband as I should cherish and honor, of whom I should be proud, and whose strong, kindly arms would be my secure support and protection until death claimed us, I have not the slightest doubt.