'You could not have been jealous if you had not cared for me.'
She did not answer.
'And I believe the Reason why I gave ear to evil words was because I loved you—loved you so dearly that I was jealous through every thread of my being. I was jealous of that fellow Drownlands. I was an ass to think those things could be possible that were said of you. I ought to have known you better.'
'Yes, Mark, you ought to have known me better.'
'But it is not now too late. Zita, we will be to each other as we were before—that is, if you can forgive me.'
'Indeed I can forgive you.'
'And I will let all know that we understand each other. And, Zita,' he laughed, 'we'll have the old van and Dobbin'—
'He is Jewel, not Dobbin.'
'And Jewel, brought over to Crumbland.'
'That cannot be, Mark, now.'