And now she had accepted this love; she had bartered her freedom for it....
The thought of the bondage burned her, yet it had come about so naturally.
"I did not seek him," she said to herself; "he came, he would have come a little later, but he came now ... just when I needed some one ... something...."
How his heart beat!... How strong he was! When he kissed her brow and hair and eyes she could feel his lips quiver.
He would love her too much! He did not ask her to kiss him in return. He was so good ... so generous! He had given her back her children. For that she could have knelt at his feet. But she almost prayed that he would not ask for her kisses ... not yet ... not yet....
CHAPTER X
On the following day the children and their governess went down to Yelverton. There was so much excitement and bustle in getting away that Caroline had little time to realize that she was tired. She saw nothing of Mrs. Lancing, who was in her room.
The children were told to keep very quiet because mother had a bad headache.
It was Dennis who had communicated the news to Caroline that she was to take Betty and Baby down to Mrs. Brenton's delightful country house by an early afternoon train.