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I bent and kissed first the tiny blossom, and then the lips that had proffered it "I am very rich," I said

The sun was no, and the pines in the square and the upright of the pillory cast long shadows The wind had fallen and the sounds had died away It see shadows until a flight of sone," I said "The snowbirds are flying north"

"The woods will soon be green," she h them once more, back to Weyanoke"-"To home," I said

"Ho at the door behind us "It is Master Rolfe's signal," she said "I o"

I drew her closer to me and pressed my lips upon her bowed head "Do you not know that I love you?" I asked

"Yea," she answered "I have been taught it Tell ood to us Tellheart this day!"

Her voice broke, and she lay tre in my arms, her face hidden "If the summer never comes for us"--she whispered "Good-by, ht you ruin and death, I have brought you, too, a love that is very great Forgive o"

"Thou art my dearly loved and honored wife," I said "My heart forebodes summer, and joy, and peace, and home"

We kissed each other solemnly, as those who part for a journey and a warfare I spoke no word to Rolfe when the door was opened and she had passed out with her cloak drawn about her face, but we clasped hands, and each knew the other for his friend indeed They were gone, the gaoler closing and locking the door behind them As foron my knees beside it, buried my face in my arms