Page 112 (1/2)

"At last you have co her arms round my neck "But

how pale you are!"

I told her of the scene with my father

"My God! I was afraid of it," she said "When Joseph came to tell you

of your father's arrival I treht news of some

misfortune My poor friend, I am the cause of all your distress You

will be better off, perhaps, if you leave me and do not quarrel

with your father on my account He knows that you are sure to have a

ht to be thankful that it is I, since I love you and

do not want more of you than your position allows Did you tell hied our future?"

"Yes; that is what annoyed him the most, for he sa much we really

love one another"

"What are we to do, then?"

"Hold together, uerite, and let the storm pass over"