"She gave him hers, and he closed over it light with his other hand.
"'May I see you to-morrow?' he asked her.
"'Oh, I don't know,' said Letty. 'Come and see if I'll see you—will you?'
"He laughed a little, looking in her eyes.
"'At about eight,' he promised. 'Good night....'
"I got the key out from under the mat to a tune inside me. Because I'd heard, and I knew that Letty had heard, that tone in Elbert's voice that is the human tone—I can't rightly name it, but every woman in the world knows it when she hears it—a tone that says: If I have my way, you and I are going to live out our lives together.
"And I knew then, and I know now, that that tone won't ever die, either. And some day, away off in a new world right here on this earth, I believe there's going to be a wilder joy in being men and women than all the men and women up to now have ever lived or dared or dreamed.