"No—only sense. I'll show 'e what love be so soon as I know myself. You get home, and say as you dropped your bottle and was just going back for another when I met you, on my way to Ashburton, and offered to get it. And on the whole us'll keep the fearful news for a few days till he's well again. 'Twill be more merciful."
"You'm made of wisdom, Tom. 'Tis a great relief to keep it from father a bit till I've got used to the thought."
"Kiss me again then," he answered, and put his arms round her once more.
"There's a brave lot of 'e to cuddle whether or no."
"'Tis all yours I'm sure, if you really want it, dear Thomas."
"I be coming to want it so fast as I can, woman!"
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE LAW
For Dinah Waycott the sole difficulty of her position began to clear itself; and since she was now convinced that she and Lawrence saw the future with the same vision, she felt that future approach quickly. It seemed, however, that for her, pure joy could only be reached through sorrow, and on an occasion of meeting Maynard upon the moor, she said so.
"Nothing ever do run quite smooth, and out of my misfortune my fortune comes. For it's only a terrible sad thing that be clearing the road for us and leaving nobody in my life to think of but you."