Oh, I see it all, and it is as easy and bright and
happy as can be!"
Justin put his arm around her and drew her close, with such a throb of
gratitude for her belief and trust that it moved him almost to tears. There
was a long pause; then he said:--
"Now I shall call for you tomorrow morning after the last bell has stopped
ringing, and we will walk up the aisle together and sit in the old Peabody
pew. We shall be a nine days' wonder anyway, but this will be equal to an
announcement, especially if you take my arm. We don't either of us like to be
stared at, but this will show without a word what we think of each other and
what we've promised to be to each other, and it's the only thing that will
make me feel sure of you and settled in my mind after all these mistaken
years. Have you got the courage, Nancy?"
"I should n't wonder! I guess if I've had courage enough to wait for you, I've
got courage enough to walk up the aisle with you and marry you besides!" said
Nancy.--"Now it is too late for us to stay here any longer, and you must see
me only as far as my gate, for perhaps you have n't forgotten yet how
interested the Brewsters are in their neighbors."
They stood at the little Wentworth gate for a moment, hand close clasped in
hand.
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