Lena held up a pretty looking affair. It had a picture of an affectionate pair, leaning over a rustic stile, and surrounded by hearts and darts and Cupids and rose garlands.

The lines printed inside the leaf, were:

“Our love is high as Heaven

And wide as rolling sea:

The vows cannot be riven

That bind my love and me.

But should our pledge be broken

Or should your love be dead,

Send back this tender token

And let us never wed.”