Withdrawing her hands from his, she laid her fingers for an instant on his lips.
"I want to show you something," she said.
She went to the bureau, and taking out the paper which she had hidden there, brought it to him. It was a moment before she could find the item again, then she pointed it out. They read it together, as she and Santry had done the first time she had seen it. The item was an announcement from the Rexhills of the engagement of their daughter Helen to Mr. Maxwell Frayne.
Dorothy watched Wade's face eagerly as he read, and she was entirely content when she saw there no trace of his former sentiment for Helen Rexhill. He expressed genuine pleasure that Helen was not to be carried down with her father's ruin, but the girl knew that otherwise the news had left him untouched. She had always thought that this would be so, but she was comforted to be assured of it.
"Why, that was only an infatuation," he explained. "Now I'm really in love. Thank Heaven, I...." When she looked at him there was a light in her glorious violet-shaded eyes that fairly took his breath away.
"Hush, dear," she said softly. "You've said enough. I understand, and I'm so...."
The rest was lost to the world as his arms went around her.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
Minor changes have been made to make spelling and punctuation consistent through the text; otherwise, every effort has been made to be true to the original book.