The little new moon away above traveled serenely along its prescribed course; what is destined to be, is destined. Jim said presently, “Tomorrow we’ll fly back. Averill is going on by train. Dorothy is going with her. There’ll be just you and me and all the sky and stars around us.”
The night was cold and clear and the stars bright. The distant mountain rim looked silver.
“We’ll come back,” said Eden softly, her voice a bare whisper in the silent night.
“Together,” said Jim. “You haven’t answered me, Eden. Will you marry me?”
A pause.
“Yes, Jim,” very low.
Another pause. Then:
“Tomorrow, Eden? P. H. can fix the license. Will you—tomorrow?”
After a moment she turned in his arms and lifted her face.
He said a little huskily: “If that’s my answer—” And stopped.
It was as if the clear stars, the serene little moon in the dark blue sky, the distant silver rim of mountains, all the night and many nights belonged to them.
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