" Presently, he spoke in a tone she had never
heard before,--cold and quiet,--and in his eye she thought she read
contempt for her brother and herself,--
"I see now, and I say no more but this; it was not kind when I so
trusted you. Yet it is well, for you and Richart are so one, I haf
no doubt he spoke your wish."
Here was a desperate state of things. Dolly had done her best, yet
he did not, or would not, understand, and, before she could restrain
them, the words slipped over her tongue,--
"No! Dick and I never agree."
Mr. Bopp started, swept three spoons and a tea-cup off the table as
he turned, for something in the hasty whisper reassured him. The
color sprang up to his cheek, the old warmth to his eye, the old
erectness to his figure, and the eager accent to his voice. He rose,
drew Dolly nearer, took her face between his hands, and bending,
fixed on her a look tender yet masterful, as he said with an
earnestness that stirred her as words had never done before,--
"Dollee, _he_ said No! do _you_ say, Yes?"
She could not speak, but her heart stood up in her eyes and answered
him so eloquently that he was satisfied.
"Thank the Lord, it's all right!" thought Dick, as, peeping in at
the window ten minutes later, be saw Dolly enthroned upon Mr. Bopp's
knee, both her hands in his, and an expression in her April
countenance which proved that she found it natural and pleasant to
be sitting there, with her head on the kind heart that loved her; to
hear herself called "_meine __Error! Hyperlink reference not
valid.
Pages:
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90