Linnet: A Romance

He spoke with fierce conviction. Linnet nestled against his breast: his words overcame her. “I know it, Will, I know it,” she exclaimed, half-hysterically. “My heart told me so always – but I couldn’t believe it. I can’t believe it now, – though I know you’re right when I hear you speak so. Perhaps, some day, when I’ve lived with you long enough, I shall come to think and feel as you do… But for the present, my darling, I’m so glad, oh, so glad, – don’t laugh at me for saying it – that you’ve got a dispensation.”