"'Deed sir, I'll tak' care that she gets the gude o' all your kindness.
It's mair than thochtfu' o' you; and I'll hae nae need noo, to let Maggie
step in atween me and my ain proper duties."
Then they went to the boat together, and David removed all his books and
belongings from her, and she was made ready to go for Aunt Janet the
following morning. The rest of the day went rapidly by, Allan had many
visits to make, and some special tokens of regard to leave. Then they had
tea together at Maggie's fire-side, and Allan watched her once more stoop
to the glowing turf, and light the little iron cruisie, and rise with the
light from it on her beautiful face. The simple household act was always
one of meaning and interest to him. He renewed in it that moment of
strange delight when he had first seen her. This evening he tried to catch
her eyes as she rose, and he did so, and what did she see in his steady
gaze that brought the happy blood in crimson waves over her throat and
face, and made her eyelids shine with the light that was underneath them?