Then they made all arrangements; they were to take the 8:10 train. “Could Marilla be ready that early in the morning?”
“Yes,” was the rather reluctant answer.
They made their adieu. Lorimer thanked her for a delightful evening.
“I suppose it’s all settled, old fellow! You are lucky with the prospect of such a home and such a presiding—shall I call her the goddess of the hearth? That room is a perfect gem, and you three people are to the manner born.”
“Not so fast if you please. It is outside of my daily life, a place of rest and refreshing where a pilgrim may pause now and then.”
“You two people are in love.”
“I am, I admit.”
“Then you are a dolt if you don’t go in and win.”
“I asked her more than a year ago. She gave me friendship. We are simply good comrades in our work for the world.” 250
“She doesn’t look like a woman whose heart is buried in some one’s grave.”