Confess."
She whispered it. "Yes, I knew it, but when you did not come I thought,
perhaps You see, I'm not strong or clever. I can't help you as Virginia
could." She stopped, the color washing from her face. "I had forgotten. You
have no right to love me--nor I you," she faltered.
"Girl o'mine, we have every right in the world. Love is never wrong unless
it is a theft or a robbery. There is nothing between me and Virginia that
is not artificial and conventional, no tie that ought not to be broken,
none that should ever of right have existed. Love has the right of way
before mere convention a hundredfold."
"Ah! If I were sure."
"But I was to be a teacher to you and a judge for you."
"And I was to be a conscience to you."
"But on this I am quite clear. I can be a conscience to myself. However,
there is no hurry. Time's a great solvent."
"And we can go on loving each other in the meantime."
He lifted her little pink fingers and kissed them. "Yes, we can do that all
the time."
CHAPTER 26. BREAKS ONE AND MAKES ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT
Miss Balfour's glass made her irritably aware of cheeks unduly flushed and
eyes unusually bright.
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