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"Very long! – while you thought I was liking somebody else. There hasnever been any change in me, Lois. I have been patiently andimpatiently waiting for you this great while. You will not think itunreasonable, if that fact makes me intolerant of any more waiting, will you?"
"Don't keep that position!" said Lois earnestly.
"It is the position I mean to keep all the rest of my life!"
But that set Lois to laughing, a little nervously no doubt, yet somerrily that Philip could not but join in.
"Do I not owe everything to you?" he went on presently, with tenderseriousness. "You first set me upon thinking. Do you recollect yourearliest talk to me here in this room once, a good while ago, aboutbeing satisfied?"
"Yes," said Lois, suddenly opening her eyes.
"That was the beginning. You said it to me more with your looks thanwith your words; for I saw that, somehow, you were in the secret, andhad yourself what you offered to me. That I could not forget. I hadnever seen anybody 'satisfied' before."
"You know what it means now?" she said softly.
"To-day? – I do!"
"No, no; I do not mean to-day. You know what I mean!" she said, withbeautiful blushes.
"I know. Yes, and I have it, Lois. But you have a great deal to teachme yet."
"O no!" she said most unaffectedly. "It is you who will have to teachme."
"What?"
"Everything."
"How soon may I begin?"
"How soon?"
"Yes. You do not think Mrs. Wishart's house is the best place, or hercompany the best assistance for that, do you?"
"Ah, please get up!" said Lois.
But he laughed at her.
"You make me so ashamed!"
"You do not look it in the least. Shall I tell you my plans?"
"Plans!" said Lois.
"Or will you tell me your plans?"
"Ah, you are laughing at me! What do you mean?"
"You were confiding to me your plans of a little while ago;Esterbrooke, and school, and all the rest of it. My darling! – that'sall nowhere."
"But," – said Lois timidly.
"Well?"
"That is all gone, of course. But – "
"You will let me say what you shall do?"
"I suppose you will."
"Your hand is in all my plans, from henceforth, to turn them and twistthem what way you like. But now let me tell you my present plans. Wewill be married, as soon as you can accustom your self to the idea.Hush! – wait. You shall have time to think about it. Then, as early asspring winds will let us, we will cross to England."
"England?" cried Lois.
"Wait, and hear me out. There we will look about us a while and get such things as you may want for travelling, which one can get better in
England than anywhere else. Then we will go over the Channel and see
Paris, and perhaps supplement purchases there. So work our way – "
"Always making purchases?" said Lois, laughing, though she caught herbreath too, and her colour was growing high.
"Certainly, making purchases. So work our way along, and get to
Switzerland early in June – say by the end of the first week."
"Switzerland!"
"Don't you want to see Switzerland?"
"But it is not the question, what I might like to see."
"With me it is."
"As for that, I have an untirable appetite for seeing things.But – but," and her voice lowered, "I can be quite happy enough on thisside."
"Not if I can make you happier on the other."
"But that depends. I should not be happy unless I was quite sure it wasright, and the best thing to do; and it looks to me like a piece ofself-indulgence. We have so much already."
The gentle manner of this scruple and frank admission touched Mr.
Dillwyn exceedingly.
"I think it is right," he said. "Do you remember my telling you onceabout my old house at home?"
"Yes, a little."
"I think I never told you much; but now you will care to hear. It is agood way from this place, in Foster county, and not very far from abusy little manufacturing town; but it stands alone in the country, inthe midst of fields and woods that I used to love very much when I wasa boy. The place never came into my possession till about seven oreight years ago; and for much longer than that it has been neglectedand left without any sort of care. But the house is large andold-fashioned, and can be made very pretty; and the grounds, as Ithink, leave nothing to be desired, in their natural capabilities.However, all is in disorder, and needs a good deal of work done up onit; which must be done before you take possession. This work willrequire some months. Where can we be better, meanwhile, than inSwitzerland?"
"Don't keep that position!" said Lois earnestly.
"It is the position I mean to keep all the rest of my life!"
But that set Lois to laughing, a little nervously no doubt, yet somerrily that Philip could not but join in.
"Do I not owe everything to you?" he went on presently, with tenderseriousness. "You first set me upon thinking. Do you recollect yourearliest talk to me here in this room once, a good while ago, aboutbeing satisfied?"
"Yes," said Lois, suddenly opening her eyes.
"That was the beginning. You said it to me more with your looks thanwith your words; for I saw that, somehow, you were in the secret, andhad yourself what you offered to me. That I could not forget. I hadnever seen anybody 'satisfied' before."
"You know what it means now?" she said softly.
"To-day? – I do!"
"No, no; I do not mean to-day. You know what I mean!" she said, withbeautiful blushes.
"I know. Yes, and I have it, Lois. But you have a great deal to teachme yet."
"O no!" she said most unaffectedly. "It is you who will have to teachme."
"What?"
"Everything."
"How soon may I begin?"
"How soon?"
"Yes. You do not think Mrs. Wishart's house is the best place, or hercompany the best assistance for that, do you?"
"Ah, please get up!" said Lois.
But he laughed at her.
"You make me so ashamed!"
"You do not look it in the least. Shall I tell you my plans?"
"Plans!" said Lois.
"Or will you tell me your plans?"
"Ah, you are laughing at me! What do you mean?"
"You were confiding to me your plans of a little while ago;Esterbrooke, and school, and all the rest of it. My darling! – that'sall nowhere."
"But," – said Lois timidly.
"Well?"
"That is all gone, of course. But – "
"You will let me say what you shall do?"
"I suppose you will."
"Your hand is in all my plans, from henceforth, to turn them and twistthem what way you like. But now let me tell you my present plans. Wewill be married, as soon as you can accustom your self to the idea.Hush! – wait. You shall have time to think about it. Then, as early asspring winds will let us, we will cross to England."
"England?" cried Lois.
"Wait, and hear me out. There we will look about us a while and get such things as you may want for travelling, which one can get better in
England than anywhere else. Then we will go over the Channel and see
Paris, and perhaps supplement purchases there. So work our way – "
"Always making purchases?" said Lois, laughing, though she caught herbreath too, and her colour was growing high.
"Certainly, making purchases. So work our way along, and get to
Switzerland early in June – say by the end of the first week."
"Switzerland!"
"Don't you want to see Switzerland?"
"But it is not the question, what I might like to see."
"With me it is."
"As for that, I have an untirable appetite for seeing things.But – but," and her voice lowered, "I can be quite happy enough on thisside."
"Not if I can make you happier on the other."
"But that depends. I should not be happy unless I was quite sure it wasright, and the best thing to do; and it looks to me like a piece ofself-indulgence. We have so much already."
The gentle manner of this scruple and frank admission touched Mr.
Dillwyn exceedingly.
"I think it is right," he said. "Do you remember my telling you onceabout my old house at home?"
"Yes, a little."
"I think I never told you much; but now you will care to hear. It is agood way from this place, in Foster county, and not very far from abusy little manufacturing town; but it stands alone in the country, inthe midst of fields and woods that I used to love very much when I wasa boy. The place never came into my possession till about seven oreight years ago; and for much longer than that it has been neglectedand left without any sort of care. But the house is large andold-fashioned, and can be made very pretty; and the grounds, as Ithink, leave nothing to be desired, in their natural capabilities.However, all is in disorder, and needs a good deal of work done up onit; which must be done before you take possession. This work willrequire some months. Where can we be better, meanwhile, than inSwitzerland?"
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