"Missus an' me will do 'ee praper, esfay us will. A've bin to sea wi' the highest in the land, an' they be most alway single gents, and vrom puttin' in they dashed little studs in dinner starched shirts to cleanin' patent boots wi' a shine on they vit to see wan's face tu, a've waited on 'em, an' got nought but praise. An' missus an' me can well attend tu the wants of a couple like 'ee, for a du lay that man an' maid, be they king or tinker folk, when they virst be wed, be so ower taken up wi' each on 'em, that they be main easy to be pleased." Thorold laughed and drew Gentian into the smoking-room. "He won't find us such fools as he hopes. We dream our dreams, but I for one can be very practical, and I think my wife can be so too." "I want to be everything that I ought to be," said Gentian earnestly, then she laughingly laid her head on her husband's shoulder. "But there is one thing I can't and won't be, and that is a long-faced, melancholy Christian. They ought to be exterminated, for they make others hate religion." "I hope I'm not one of that sort," said Thorold smiling. "You? Never. You're grave sometimes, but the twinkle in your eyes always saves you. Oh, Thorold, do you think we shall always be as happy as we are now?" And Thorold, looking at the radiant young face turned towards him, had no misgivings that life should rob her of her joyousness. He only softly repeated some lines which he had read: "The heart that trusts for ever sings, And feels as light as it had wings; A well of peace within it springs, Come good or ill, Whate'er to-day, to-morrow brings. It is His Will." FINIS