"
"It was a wicked little letter," he said, "but I suppose it was the
truth at the time: say it is not true now."
"It is not true now," she repeated, "but I have not loved you very
dearly all the time; and if you had married I should have been very
happy if you had been happy. But oh," she said, and her eyes filled
with tears, "this is far better."
"You love me now?"
"Unutterably."
"I have loved you all the time, all the time. I should not have been
happy if I had heard of your marriage."
"Then how were you so cold and distant the day we stuck on the moor?"
"Because it was excessively cold weather: I was not going to warm
myself up to be frozen again. I have never been in delicate health,
but I can't stand heats and chills."
"I do believe you are not a bit wiser than I am. I hear the carriage:
that's Lady Arthur come back. How surprised she will be!"
"I am not so sure of that," George said. "I'll go and meet her."
When he appeared Lady Arthur shook hands tranquilly and said, "How do
you do?"
"Very well," he said. "I have been testing the value of certain
documents you sent me, and find they are worth their weight in gold.
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