I will not go now; we will keep our secret for a
short time. Two love affairs at once would be too much. You
will learn to love me, and when the spring time comes, perhaps
you will make me happy as Beatrice will by then have made Lord
Airlie. I shall keep the ring. Lillian, you are my pearl, and
this will remind me of you. Just to make me very happy, say you
are pleased."
"I will say more than that," she replied, a happy smile rippling
over her face; "I have more than half learned my lesson."
He kissed the pretty hand, and looked at the fair, flushed face
he dared not touch with his lips.
"I can not thank you," he said, his voice full of emotion. "I
will live for you, Lily, and my life shall prove my gratitude. I
begin to wish the spring were nearer. I wonder if you will have
learned your lesson then."
Chapter XXXIV
Lord Airlie's return to Earlescourt had been delayed. The
changes to take place at Lynnton involved more than he thought.
It was quite three weeks before he could leave the Hall and seek
again the presence he loved best on earth.
Three weeks, yet nothing had happened.
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