"By G—! she has missed her footing. The night had
swallowed him up, but his work on her was done. “I have waited for this,” he said, and stood quite still, looking at her until the
silence became oppressive. For a moment
she too had started and faltered in her exit from the room. His arms released from his
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sides, he lifted them around her in a light embrace. "What is it?"
"Can't you see? Together, down there; you and I!… As my wife!
Both of us, never to be lonely again!… Will you marry me, Ruth?"
As many a wiser woman had done, Ruth mistook thrilling eagerness for love. By your
own showing you are in easy circumstances,—for it is only natural to presume
that a man who owes nothing must be in a condition to pay liberally,—and you
cannot therefore feel the loss of such a trifle as ten guineas. Ruth is not another man's wife; she is all your own, for better or for worse. 1. “You were booked of course. "How shall I get to you?"
"My yacht is in the river. It’s the sort of way a woman always does gloss over her ethical
positions. I know less about this affair perhaps than you suppose. The man’s hand flashed
out, but immediately afterwards an oath and a cry of pain broke from his lips.
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