Asshedidnotimmediatelyanswer，hewenton。
“IknowverywellthatIamnot——thatIhavenotmuchtoofferyoueitherinmyselforinmycircumstances。AndIforget；itcannotseemthemiracletoyouthatitdoestome。UntilImetyouI
hadgoneoninmyownquietway——wearebothveryquietpeople，mysisterandI——quitecontentwithmylot。MyfriendshipwithArthurwasthemostimportantthinginmylife。NowthatIknowyou，allthathaschanged。Youseemtoputsuchaspiritintoeverything。
LifeseemstoholdsomanypossibilitiesthatIhadneverdreamtof。“
“That’ssplendid！“Evelynexclaimed，graspinghishand。