She flushed to the roots of her hair. "It--it was because I loved you, Max."
"I thought so. But you had to prove it to yourself?"
"Yes."
"Anne, that"s why I"ve let you alone all winter--so that you might prove it. But--I can"t go on. It has been an awful winter for me, Anne."
It had been an awful winter for her. But she had come out of it knowing herself. And even when at last his arms were about her and he was telling her that he would never let her go, she had a plea to make:
"Don"t let me live too softly, Max. Life isn"t a feather bed--You belong to the world. I must go with you toward the big things. But now and then we"ll run back to the farm."
"What do I care where we run, so that we run--together!"
THE NOVELS OF TEMPLE BAILEY
"Although my ancestry is all of New England, I was born in the old town of Petersburg, Virginia. I went later to Richmond and finally at the age of five to Washington, D.C., returning to Richmond for a few years in a girl"s school, which was picturesquely quartered in General Lee"s mansion."
PEAc.o.c.k FEATHERS
The eternal conflict between wealth and love. Jerry, the idealist who is poor, loves Mimi, a beautiful, spoiled society girl.
THE DIM LANTERN
The romance of little Jane Barnes who is loved by two men.
THE GAY c.o.c.kADE
Unusual short stories where Miss Bailey shows her keen knowledge of character and environment, and how romance comes to different people.
THE TRUMPETER SWAN
Randy Paine comes back from France to the monotony of every-day affairs. But the girl he loves shows him the beauty in the commonplace.
THE TIN SOLDIER
A man who wishes to serve his country, but is bound by a tie he cannot in honor break--that"s Derry. A girl who loves him, shares his humiliation and helps him to win--that"s Jean. Their love is the story.
MISTRESS ANNE
A girl in Maryland teaches school, and believes that work is worthy service. Two men come to the little community: one is weak, the other strong, and both need Anne.
CONTRARY MARY
An old-fashioned love story that is nevertheless modern.
GLORY OF YOUTH
A novel that deals with a question, old and yet ever new--how far should an engagement of marriage bind two persons who discover they no longer love.