“You wouldn’t smile if you were engaged to Beulah.”
“Are they still engaged?”
“Beulah has her ring, but I notice she doesn’t wear it often.”
“Jimmie and Gertrude seem happy.”
“They are, gloriously.”
“That leaves only us two,” David suggested. “Margaret, dear, do you think the time will ever come when I shall get you back again?” 297
Margaret turned a little pale, but she met his look steadily.
“Did you ever lose me?”
“The answer to that is ‘yes,’ as you very well know. Time was when we were very close—you and I, then somehow we lost the way to each other. I’m beginning to realize that it hasn’t been the same world since and isn’t likely to be unless you come back to me.”
“Was it I who strayed?”