Content
Stephen turned towards his companion and looked at him for a moment boldly in the eyes.
And suppose"--as she drew the thin coverings over her--"suppose this was a beautiful soft bed, with fleecy blankets and large downy pillows.
For the future we can live quite differently--we can do just as we like.
What fine hidden sensibilities are touched in such a case, no echoes tell; but it is so, and it was so here.




