"Do you mean that——?"
"I mean that it is—God given."
Out of a long silence he said: "I thank you for saying that. Nobody has ever said such a thing to me before."
He let her go then. And as she stood before her door a little later and whispered, "Good-night," he caught her hand and held it. "Mistress Anne—will you remember me—now and then—in your little white prayers?"
CHAPTER VIII
In Which a Green-Eyed Monster Grips Eve.
Evelyn, coming down late on the morning after her unexpected arrival, asked: "How did you happen to have her here, Dicky?"
"Who?"