"You said I was cruel," he told her.
"You were," she said.
"But if it brought us together, how—"
"That doesn't make it any different."
"Well," he replied, in his bewilderment, "I am sure I shall never understand, as you say; but I do not care. It is enough to know that everything is right at last. And you are sure that you will not mind giving up China, Hetty, and the missionary work?"
"Yes," she said firmly; "I was almost ready to give that up three days ago—before I thought I cared for you, you know. I have thought many things in these three days. Sometimes, when I think of them, I feel a thousand years old, as Miss Stromberg says."
The door of the cabin below them opened, and they heard the sound of Drew's voice and Miss Stromberg's laugh. She was patiently waiting until she could go ashore.
"I was beginning to think that he was going to stand in my way, Hetty," said Medbury, nodding toward the cabin.
THE END.