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He caught a sether the heavy coat, and

kissed it in a kind of frenzy, while Lena, rigid with desire to be quite

sure what this signified, peered stolidly at hieneration to leap to conclusions about

the ulti of Dick's passion She would not unbottle any

emotion until she knew

"Lena, if you could see how I love you, you'd trust me, I think, even

with yourself If you will be ave a gasp of relief and

gratitude that was almost prayer and approached love Then she buried

her face in her hands and sobbed aloud, as Dick put both arms around her

and drew her head to his shoulder

"Lena, can you--do you love me a little?" he whispered, as if in awe

"Oh, Mr Percival," said Lena, "I do! How could I help it? But I could

not dreanificanther "Little, you er than the whole world You belong to me now, and

I won't have you depreciate yourself"

"Oh, Mr Percival, is it true?"

"Suppose you say 'Dick', and thank God that it is"

"Dick, Dick, Dick--it is," said Lena very softly, and she frankly put

her arms around his neck, and her soft lips to his cold cheek, so that