"You must be--you shall be!" he said, with sudden energy, and his glance lightened with pa.s.sion. "You must. Words are not much, I know, nor oaths, nor anything of that sort. But I will tell you this--and by the light and goodness of G.o.d, it is true. If I could doubt for one moment that I love you beyond any love I have ever dreamed of, I would tear out my heart with my hands!"
"What"s love?" asked little Herbert timidly, for he was afraid that it must be something very dreadful as he watched Ghisleri"s pale face and blazing eyes.
But the lips that might have answered could not; they were sealing the truth they had spoken, upon others that had uttered a doubt for the last time.
THE END.