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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: strength your love will bring me, Kate. Without it, I am powerless My hands are bound except for ill I have no and then he paused?for my lord was coming toward us?and stood searching my face, doubtless for some sign of hope. But none was there, though pity was in my heart for him. In the room beyond Mrs. Murray was singing, and the words of her song came clearly to us as we stood: He .r, ye ladies that are coy, What the mighty Love can do. Fear the fierceness of the boy Aye, fear it, Kate, I have made my last appeal he exclaimed, and with a low bow to my lord was gone. It is true that what he had said to me did strangely move me. Before, his talk had but angered me, or urged me to light answers. But since that time I spent in Friend Haddock's room, coz, things have had a different complexion. Should I save him from this ruin he speaks of, if in truth it is in my power? Dare I, indeed, refuse? And yet, what right have I? Nay, I cannot. Had he chapter{Section 4the true love for me, he had sacrificed all, to demand nothing in return Is it not true? Is not this the meaning of it? If I am wrong, then again has love no meaning for me, and the poor thing I have seen offered in its name is all there is of life I had but small converse alone with my lord. 'Twas a pity, Kate, he said, that your scheme for charity miscarried so. I wish I had power to exterminate those tenting scoundrels root and branch If you like we might perhaps try again, to celebrate the New Year, and this time no breath of your intentions shall get abroad Our dignity might have suffered far more but for your presence of mind Say, rather, but for the freshness of the horses I answered laughingly, and that Mr. Stuyvesant was there to save you from the suddenness...