'Yes.'
"We sat there on the sofa; I moved away. I looked down.
"'You are cold,' he said, and took my hand. A little after he said:
'How cold you are!' and put his arm round me.
"And I was warmed with his arm. So we sat a little while. Then a cock
crew.
"'Did you hear,' he said, 'a cock crow? It is nearly dawn.'
"'Are you quite sure it was the cock crow?' I stammered.
"Then the day came--already it was morning. Something was thrilling all
through me. What hour was it that struck just now?
"My maid came in.
"'Your flowers have not been watered,' she said.
"I had forgotten my flowers.
"A carriage drove up to the gate.
"'Your cat has had no milk,' said the maid.
"But I had no thought for my flowers, or my cat; I asked:
"'Is that Dundas outside there? Ask him to come in here to me at once; I
am expecting him; there was something...'
"He knocked. I opened the door.
"'Iselin!' he cried, and kissed my lips a whole minute long.
"'I did not send for you,' I whispered to him.
"'Did you not?' he asked.
"Then I answered:
"'Yes, I did--I sent for you. I was longing so unspeakably for you
again. Stay here with me a little.'
"And I covered my eyes for love of him. He did not loose me; I sank
forward and hid myself close to him.
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