"I am so glad you do not despise me," she whispered.
"Despise you!" David cried. "Why? If you only knew how I, well, how I
loved you! Don't be angry. I mean every word that I say; my feelings for
you are as pure as your own heart. If you could care for me as you do for
those others I should have a friend indeed."
"You have made me care for you very much indeed, Mr. Steel," Ruth
whispered.
"Call me David..... How nice my plain name sounds from your lips. Ruth
and David. But I must hold myself in hand for the present. Still, I am
glad you like me."
"Well, you have been so good and kind. We have done you a great deal of
injury and you never blamed us. And you are just the man I have always
pictured as the man I could love ... David!"
"Well, it was only one little kiss, and I'm sure nobody saw us, dear. And
later on, when you are my wife--"
"Don't you think we had better keep to business for the present?" Ruth
said, demurely.
"Perhaps. There is one little point that you must clear up before we go
any farther. How did you manage to furnish those two big dining-rooms
exactly alike?"
"Why, the furniture is there.
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