"I am sure it pleased him to see
it, and it was good of him to allow me a little longer bliss."
But time passed swiftly, as it always does with happy lovers, and the grey
dawn of early morning warned them that they must separate. As they stood by
the window, watching the first rays of light in the east, Dexie said:
"I will have to send you away soon, Guy, or you will be discovered; but I
am going to invite you to an early breakfast here with me before you go."
"Never mind breakfast, dearest; I would rather have you here by my side
until the last minute. I expect some machinery by the early train, so I
think I will go down and see if it has arrived; that will give us forty
minutes more together," taking out his watch.
"Then a part of the time will be well spent in preparing you a slight
refreshment--nothing elaborate, you know, or Eliza would pounce down on me
at the first sound," and she left him at the window, and hurried to the
kitchen.
A few minutes later she appeared again, looking as fresh as the morning,
with a white ruffled apron clasped round her waist and a dainty muslin cap
perched on her head, from beneath which stray curls peeped bewitchingly
out, and passing her hand through Guy's arm, said laughingly:
"Will you mind coming to the kitchen, Guy? I am afraid someone will hear us
if I take you anywhere else, and I don't want the rattle of dishes to
betray us.
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