“I let him go,” she added.
“And you come to me, little Jill?”
“I did, Silas; I come to you.”
“And I give yer the money, and asked no questions?”
“You did, you did.”
“And to-morrow we’ll be made man and wife afore God?”
“Yes, Silas, that’s so.”
“You b’lieve as I loves yer, Jill? You b’lieves in the strength of my love?”
“I do, Silas.”
“Well, that’s all. You has told me wot were in your heart, and you’ll never be sorry. Now I must be gwine home. I’ll send the waggon up for you to-morrow, and Aunt Hannah in it. And you’ll come down to me, faithful and true?”