“That would just suit me,” Emily smiled at him. “This talk with you is about all I can stand for one day, but tomorrow I’ll be ready to face the whole world.”
“I believe you will be,” and Stone realized that severe though the shock had been this young, healthy constitution was going to throw off the effects with astonishing rapidity.
At the nurse’s orders, Emily had a long rest, and after luncheon Rodney was allowed to visit her.
Warned not to be too emotional, he just took her into a strong, silent embrace, and then, laying her back on the pillows, he said:
“Not much talky-talk, my lady. You’re just to be still and look at me and let me look at you for the space of twenty minutes, and then it’s good-by until tomorrow.”
“We’ll have our twenty minutes,” Emily assured him, “and somethin
