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"But you can say, 'Cardo, I love you' Say that again"

"Yes, I can say that, whatever"

"Say it, then, Valmai"

"Oh, well, indeed! You know quite well that I love you Cardo, I love

you" And to the sound of the plashing waves the old, old story was

told again

He had asked, while he held her face between both hands, gazing

earnestly into the blue eyes, "Does this golden sky look down to-night

upon any happier than o?" and with her answer even he was

satisfied

An hour later the lory to the scene, and under

her bea by the

surf, whispering though there was no one to hear They parted at last

under the elder bushes at Dinas

Cardo was right In all Wales there were not that night two happier

hearts than theirs No fears for the future, no dread of partings, no

thought of life's fiery trials, which were even now casting their

shadows before the of her happiness and

blushing, even in the darkness, as she re words