And when,
with his heart beating, and all his pulses thrilling with the new
ecstacy that possessed him, he whispered a word or two that caused
the pretty golden head to raise itself timidly--the beautiful dark
blue eyes to grow darker with the tenderness that overflowed the
soul behind them, and the sweet lips to meet his own in a kiss, as
soft and fragrant as though a rose had touched them, it was small
blame to him that for a moment he lost his self-possession, and
drawing her closer in his arms, showered upon her not only kisses,
but whispered words of all that tender endearment which is judged as
"foolish" by those who have never had the privilege of being made
the subject of such priceless and exquisite "fooling." And when they
were calmer, and began to think of the possibility of the worthy
Bozier suddenly recovering from her neuralgia and coming to look
after her pupil,--or the undesired but likely entrance of a servant
to attend to the lamps, or to put fresh wood on the fire, they
turned each from the other, with reluctance and half laughing
decorum,--Sylvie resuming her seat by the fire, and Aubrey flinging
himself with happy recklessness in a low fauteuil as near to her as
could be permitted for a gentleman visitor, who might be considered
as enthusiastically expounding literature or science to a
fascinating hostess.
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