all your life as woman who stole your lover from you she said with bitter on the contrary i replied i shall think of yon all my life as the girl who gave me what i wanted most � my freedom your freedom she repeated during this time never said a word i fancy he understood everything in a single flash of comprehension i dare say you will think me a fool i went on perhaps i shall think so myself ten years hence but i am not and never have been in love with mind i am very fond of him but been very very unhappy at the prospect of marrying him and in making him care for you you have done me the very greatest service imaginable because you have released me of course so long as i thought he cared for me i should have felt bound to keep my promise are you sure this is true she asked poor girl she could hardly believe the good news i laughed out loud in my joyous freedom by a mere accident d i can hardly it myself i cried why don t yoa say something is it he be an no no no i cried never mind who or why or how it is not therefore be satisfied i shall not give yon back your ring but give lady another for it and i will wear yours always in tc en of my love for you both i should like to keep bob too he is so fond of me and lady gave him to me long before we were engaged not lady she said gently i should like to kiss you if you will let me oh you have made me so happy why don t you say us i asked and then i freed myself from her and turned to dear dear i cried i will love you both so much all my life oh i do ho you will be happy very very happy why don t you thank heaven the explanation did not come too late i do he said solemnly then what about the money i said presently i don t want the money interrupted well i won t have it i said quietly but i am afraid i cannot give it back to you until i am of age if you will trust me with it until then i will trust y m of course i will trust you cried quite hotly that if all right i replied well now i am going to tell lady de of the little change in our plans if i b � he will soon spread it abroad like the little the whole lump they d at this and having given them both a vigorous i literally back along the so it it tt cherry s child into the drawing room where i found lady de still alone is that you dear she asked as i entered i danced right up to her she looked rather surprised but was indulgent lady de i began kneeling down at her feet you said this afternoon you would like a daughter if you like you can be with a son at once what do you mean she cried i mean that and i have found out a wonderful thing to day we thought we loved each other and all the time we were making a mistake and now tells me that he and were breaking their poor hearts and oh lady de i am so happy i am so happy and then i hid my face upon her lap and wept for very joy they say that joy never perhaps it is true but i know from experience that it sometimes very nearly makes people crazy i was almost crazy myself i believe s mother thought me quite so and little wonder for i danced about the room laughing and crying at the same time in which plight lord came in and found me what now he said stopping short he has turned me off i cried dancing up to him i could not walk my feet were incapable of movement he said yes it has all been a mistake and it is he cares for so he is going to marry and i am free oh dear can t you understand it i have got my freedom st by a mere accident but child don t you care he asked care don t i tell you that i have got my freedom i answered just think of it how each of us has been making a sacrifice for the other i thought poor dear us was in love with me and so i suppose he was � until he met again and thought i cared for him and so we went on all three of us perfectly miserable until by accident i overheard enough to set it all to rights what will say he said lady de had gone in the direction of the long since i don t know i answered suddenly i dare say he will be vexed that he will not be rid of me quite so soon as he expected i must go up to town to morrow and tell him he said unless cares to go himself that is my dear child i can hardly believe it all are you sure you are not me i am going to give his money and estate back as soon as i am of age i explained without noticing his question and oh lord i never was so utterly thoroughly happy in my whole life as i am tonight i wonder said he what she would say to all this i think she would be glad i answered just at the last you know she was sorry about it she tried to tell that she did it for the best i think she found out then 