I owe you whatever I am that's
worth while, if anything I am is worth while. Your faith kept me alive
in my darkest days--even when I thought I had wronged you."
"Then you will come to Virginia with me--as my husband, Dyck?" She
blushed and laughed. "You see I have to propose to you, for you've never
asked me to marry you. I'm throwing myself at your head, sir, you
observe!"
He gave an honest smile of adoration. "I came to-day to ask you to be
my wife--for that reason only. I could not do it till the governor had
declared my innocence. The earth is sweeter to-day than it has been
since time began."
He held out his arms, and an instant later the flowers she carried were
crushed to her breast, with her lips given to his.
A little later she drew from her pocket a letter. "You must read that,"
she said. "It is from the great Alexander Hamilton--yes, he will be
great, he will play a wondrous part in the life of my new country.
Read it Dyck."
After he had read it, he said: "He was born a British subject here in
these islands, and he goes to help Americans live according to British
principles.
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