"Foolish little waves," laughed she. "I am going to make their very close acquaintance presently. How beautiful the sea is this morning!"—as her eyes travelled out to the wide blue sweep beyond, with its dapple of purple shadows.
"The most beautiful sea and the most wonderful morning that ever was," he asserted heartily. "But it is only a beginning. There will be many more like it. And still better."
"I am so glad it is so sweet a day. A dull one would have troubled me."
"But it could not possibly have been anything else."
"Oh, but it could."
"In mere outward accident perhaps. But I've got the sun inside me. I wonder it doesn't show through."
"It does," she laughed joyously. "You are all aglow."
"And never man had better reason. I would not change places with all the kings of all the earth rolled into one."
"Nor I with all the queens. We are happier here by far with nothing but ourselves."
"Ourselves, and our Love, and infinite Hope. Now let us go and eat. My bride must not starve. That would be a bad beginning. Did you sleep?"