" He caught her hand.
"I feel ashamed of myself that I did not tell you of this before.
But I feared to lose you. Yet, on reflection, I see that it is
dishonorable to keep you in the dark, and if you think that I
have behaved badly--"
"Well, I do in a way," she interrupted quickly, "as your silence
was quite unnecessary. Don't treat me as a doll, my dear. I
wish to share your troubles as well as your joys. Come, tell me
all about it."
"You are not angry?"
"Yes, I am--at your thinking I loved you so little as to be
biased against our marriage because of money troubles. Pooh!"
she flicked away a speck of dust from his coat, "I don't care
that for such things."
"You are an angel," he cried ardently.
"I am a very practical girl just now," she retorted. "Go on,
confess!"
Archie, thus encouraged, did so, and it was a very mild
confession that she heard, involving a great deal of unnecessary
sacrifice in helping a pauper uncle. Hope strove to belittle his
good deeds as much as possible, but Lucy saw plainly the good
heart that had dictated the giving up of his small income for
some years. When in possession of all the facts, she threw her
arms around his neck and kissed him.
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