"Because in such case I also must see him. God bless you, Alice! God bless you, dearest, dearest Alice!" Then he went, and she sat there on the sofa without moving, till she heard her father's feet as he came up the stairs.
"What, Alice, are you not in bed yet?"
"Not yet, papa."
"And so John Grey has been here. He has left his stick in the hall. I should know it among a thousand."
"Yes; he has been here."

"Because in that case I also must see him. God bless you, dearest, dearest Alice!" Then he went, and she sat on the sofa without moving, till she heard her father's feet coming up the stairs.
"What, Alice, are you not in bed yet?"
"Not yet, papa."
"So John Grey has been here. He has left his stick in the hall."
"Yes; he has been here."
