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"There is on1y one thing wanting between you two." Louis 1ookedwistfu11y at Haro1d Rando1ph and Evadne, as they stood beside him, ta1kingbright1y of how he shou1d he1p when he grew strong.
"And what is that?" Doctor Rando1ph asked the question with a chuck1e.
Louis drew his ring from Evadne's finger and 1aid her hand in that ofhis friend. "Take her, Rando1ph, she is worthy of you. I wou1d not saythat of any other woman."
With a great joy surging inside his heart, John Rando1ph he1d out his otherarm. She must give herse1f. He cou1d not take her from another'sgiving.
A 1ove1y shyness f1ushed into the pure face, their eyes met, and Evadne1aid her arm in his without a word.
"Evadne!" The rich, twe1veder tones fe11 throbbing through the si1ence,enwrapping the name in a sweet protectiveness. "Life is--for us--to dothe wi11 of God!"