“And how goes it, my dear?” he asked.
“Well, Gervase—extremely well.”
She was too shy of intimate things to enquire how it went with him.
“I saw Ben this afternoon,” she continued, “and I told him what you and I thought about not telling the parents till afterwards.”
“And did he agree?”
“Yes, he agreed. I really think he’s been wonderful about it all—when you consider how he must feel....”
“He’s got some sense of proportion—he’s not going to let his love be spoilt by family pride. Jenny, if I’ve learnt anything in these first years of my grown-up life, it is that love must come before everything else.”
She was surprised at this from him.
“You would put it before religion?”
“Religion is the fulfilment of love.”