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And then--oh, Deryck! I can't explain--I
don't know myself how it happened--but this whirlwind of emotion
came to rest upon my heart. He knelt with his arms around me, and we
held each other in a sudden great stillness; and in that moment I
was all his, and he knew it. He might have stayed there hours if he
had not moved or spoken; but presently he lifted up his face and
looked at me. Then he said two words. I can't repeat them, Boy; but
they brought me suddenly to my senses, and made me realise what it
all meant. Garth Dalmain wanted me to marry him."
Jane paused, awaiting the doctor's expression of surprise.
"What else could it have meant?" said Deryck Brand, very quietly. He
passed his hand over his lips, knowing they trembled a little.
Jane's confessions were giving him a stiffer time than he had
expected. "Well, dear, so you--?"
"I stood up," said Jane; "for while he knelt there he was master of
me, mind and body; and some instinct told me that if I were to be
won to wifehood, my reason must say `yes' before the rest of me.


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