She heard him, and her heart responded.
“Do you know what you have done?” asked Adele softly, intertwining her fingers in his. The sympathetic touch, the currents of emotion, vitality and supreme strength entered his very soul.
“Given me,” said she, “for my very own that which I most crave.”
He bowed his head in reverence, and could not lift so much as his eyes towards heaven.
“Oh, Paul, do you know what that means? Faith in one to love and trust.”
He made a movement as if trying to speak, but she grasped his hand anew, and pressed it.
They did not speak, only thought, and loved each other.
The Southern Cross shone resplendent in the heavens above.
“Let Nature be your teacher;
Sweet is the love which Nature brings;