"I suppose we must let him have his way," I said. "We can't very well refuse after all he's done for us."
Christine stood looking down at me with a world of love and tenderness in her eyes.
"I don't know why it is," she said helplessly, "I feel as if I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time."
I stretched out my hand and drew her down on to the bed beside me.
"It's only this house, dear heart," I said gently. "As soon as it's all over we'll go away together and——"
She stopped me with a little gesture.
"But I don't want to go away," she whispered. "I think Greensea Island is the only place in the world that I was ever really happy in."
I sat up, and, putting my arms around her, pressed my lips to hers.
"Oh, but your shoulder!" she faltered. "Your poor shoulder! The doctor said——"
"Hang the doctor," I exclaimed, and with this ungrateful sentiment I kissed her again.