"It is my hope; I intend to work hard here to get money, and if I am fortunate, in a few years, when you are a beautiful woman----"
"I would like to be, Basil, for your sake."
"I will come to wherever you may be."
"I do not wish for anything more, Basil. I shall pray night and morning for your good fortune. How happy you have made me--how happy--how happy! I shall keep the stars of love and hope shining in my heart--for you. How beautifully the bellbirds are singing. I shall hear them when I am thousands of miles away. But, Basil, you will want something to remember me by."
"No, dear Annette, I need nothing to remind me of you."
"You do, Basil, and I have brought it for you. Look, Basil, my locket----"
"But Annette----"
"Have I said 'No' to anything you have told me--and will you say 'No' to this little thing? I think it will not be right if you do; so, dear Brother Basil, you must not refuse me. I wish I had something better to give you, but you will be satisfied with this, will you not? I have worn it always round my neck, since I was a little, little girl, and you must wear it round yours. Promise me."
"I promise, dear, if you will not be denied."
"I will not, indeed I will not--and your promise is made. See, Basil, here it lies open in my hand; take it. The picture is a portrait of my dear mother; father had it painted for me by a gentleman who came once to the plantation. Then when you come to me in the country across the sea, you will show it to me and tell me that you have worn it always and always, because you love me, and because I love you."