Is all peace between us, Margie?"
"All is peace, Archer. And God is very good."
"He is. I thank Him for it. And now I want to ask one thing more. I am
not quite satisfied."
"Well?"
"Perhaps you will think it ill-timed--now that we are surrounded by
strangers, and our very lives perhaps in peril--but I cannot wait. I have
spent precious moments enough in waiting. It has been very long, Margie,
since I heard you say you loved me, and I want to hear the words again."
She looked up at him shyly.
"Archer, how do I know but you have changed?"
"You know I have not. I have loved but one woman--I shall love no other
through time and eternity. And now, at last, after all the distress and
the sorrow we have passed through, will you give me your promise to meet
whatever else fortune and fate may have in store for us, by my side?"
She put her face up to his, and he kissed her lips.
"Yours always, Archer. I have never had one thought for any other."
So a second time were Archer Trevlyn and Margie Harrison betrothed.
On the ensuing day the storm abated, and the steamer made a swift passage
to New York.
Doctor and Mrs. Elbert were a little disappointed at the sudden
termination of their bridal tour, but consoled themselves with the
thought that they could try it over again in the spring.
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