"That's what my dear Kate always says to me, and I'm sure I do my best to overcome it." Upon this soft tears trickled down her cheek, showing in their course that she at any rate used no paint in producing that freshness of colour which was one of her great charms. Then she pressed her handkerchief to her eyes, and removing it, smiled faintly on the Captain. "I didn't intend to treat you to such a scene as this, Captain Bellfield."
"There is nothing on earth, Mrs. Greenow, I desire so much, as permission to dry those tears."
"Time alone can do that, Captain Bellfield;--time alone."
"But cannot time be aided by love and friendship and affection?"
"By friendship, yes. What would life be worth without the solace of friendship?"

"That's what my dear Kate says, and I do my best to overcome it." Upon this, soft tears trickled down her cheek. She pressed her handkerchief to her eyes, and smiled faintly. "I didn't intend to treat you to such a scene as this, Captain Bellfield."
"There is nothing on earth, Mrs. Greenow, that I desire so much as permission to dry those tears."
"Time alone can do that, Captain Bellfield."
"But cannot time be aided by love and friendship and affection?"
"By friendship, yes. What would life be worth without friendship?"
