Then he began to talk to her of the life that lay before them.
"We must live so that others may be the better for our living, Cynthy. Should it happen that you become Lady Chandon, we will have a vast responsibility on our hands."
She looked pleased and happy.
"We will build schools," she said, "almshouses for the poor people; we will make every one glad and happy, Adrian."
"That will be a task beyond us, I fear," he rejoined, with a smile, "but we will do our best."
"I must try to learn every thing needful for so exalted a position," she observed, with a great sigh of content.
"You must be very quick about it, darling," he said. "I am going to presume upon your kindness. It is not enough to know that I have won you, but I want to know when you will be mine."
She made no reply, and he went on.
"I do not see why we need wait—do you, Cynthy?"
"I do not see why we need hurry," she replied.