CHAPTER VI. A SWEET CONSOLER
She passed her arm about him and pressed him to her, and with arms entwined they entered the study.
“How glad I am!” she said. “What a good idea I had!”
With a quick movement she took off her long gray cloak that enveloped her from head to foot.
“And are you glad?” she asked, as she stood looking at him.
“Can you ask that?”
“Only to hear you say that you are.”
“Are you not my only joy, the sweet lamp that gives me light in the cavern where I work day and night?”
“Dear Victor!”