At last he laid his hot mouth on those sweet pictured lips, parted in wistful tenderness, as if offering much to one at whom the grey eyes looked with love unmistakable.
Then he laid it away, out of sight, and rewrote his letter.
"I wondered," he said, "at the great kindness which took so much trouble, only for me."
[CHAPTER XXX]
RESURGAM
"Riverscourt,
"Feast of Epiphany,
"My dear David,—A wonderful thing has happened; and I am so glad it happened on the Feast of the Star, which is also—as you will remember—our wedding-day.