“All good, even as you have been good to me,” she responded, with quiet dignity.
He smiled.
“Nothing to count. But now for the picture.”
“It is beautiful beyond words.”
He smiled again.
“Wait. You haven’t seen it yet.”
With a quick motion of his hand, he drew his watch from his pocket, opened the case and held it out to Nancy. There was no cloud of reservation in the girl’s happy eyes, as she looked at the picture within.
“Mr. Brock!”
“Yes?”
His accent was full of happy question. Downright and prompt came Nancy’s answer.