Morris call her sister after an interval,
and her voice sounded faint and flat and unusual. There was the
soft hissing of some whispered words outside and a muffled
exclamation. Then Mrs. Wilder and Mrs. Morris and Betty came into
the room. Mrs. Wilder came first, and Mrs. Morris with an alarmed
face as if sheltering behind her. "We want to tell you something,"
said Amanda.
"Amanda and I are going to marry each other," said Benham, standing
in front of her.
For an instant the others made no answer; they looked at each other.
"BUT DOES HE KNOW?" Mrs. Morris said in a low voice.
Amanda turned her eyes to her lover. She was about to speak, she
seemed to gather herself for an effort, and then he knew that he did
not want to hear her explanation. He checked her by a gesture.
"I KNOW," he said, and then, "I do not see that it matters to us in
the least."
He went to her holding out both his hands to her.
She took them and stood shyly for a moment, and then the watchful
gravity of her face broke into soft emotion. "Oh!" she cried and
seized his face between her hands in a passion of triumphant love
and kissed him.
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