The Prodigals and Their Inheritance; vol. 2

· 1897

Edward came out to meet her, and took her hand and drew it through his arm. He led her in tenderly, holding that hand in his, without a vestige of the reserve and restraint in which they had been living of late. Winifred was greatly surprised. She drew away her hand, half-angry, half-astonished. “Why is this?” she said. “Is it because it is so early that you forget”-- “It is because there is no longer any need of precaution,” he said very gravely, pressing her arm close to his side.…

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