it will do for me! It is more than I dared to hope for; thank God, thank God, that you should care for me at all!”
She shook her head.
“You do not understand,” she whispered.
“I do. I do. You do not love me as you want to love.”
“As I could love -”
“And as you will! It will come. It will come. I’ll bother you no more about it now. God knows I can afford to leave well alone! I am only too happy - too thankful - as it is!”
it will do for me! It is more than I dared to hope for; thank God, thank God, that you should care for me at all!”
She shook her head.
“You do not understand,” she whispered.
“I do. I do. You do not love me as you want to love.”
“As I could love -”
“And as you will! It will come. It will come. I’ll bother you no more about it now. God knows I can afford to leave well alone! I am only too happy - too thankful - as it is!”
