And yet he
saw then, more clearly than he had ever seen, that the charm, the
perfect consistency of her character, lay in the fact that the childlike
joy was never far off from the woman's strength and patience, and that a
womanly heart always underlay the merriest laughter.
They stood silent for a long time. It is in silence that God's creation
grows.
At length Josephine spoke slowly:
"Yes, we are often very, very wicked; but I think when we are so much
ashamed that we have to tell about it--I think it means that we will
never do it again."
"I am not good enough to love you," said Caius brokenly.
"Ah! do not say that"--she turned her face away from him--"remember the
last time you spoke to me upon the end of the dune."
Caius went back to the shore to get the boat that lay at the foot of the
chine. The colt was allowed to enjoy his paradise of island flowers in
peace.
THE END.
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