"No?" said I. "Not even that?"
"No, not even that!" said Ada, shaking her head.
"Why, you never mean to say--" I was beginning in joke.
But Ada, looking up and smiling through her tears, cried, "Yes, I do! You know, you know I do!" And then sobbed out, "With all my heart I do! With all my whole heart, Esther!"

"No?" said I. "Why, you never mean to say-" I was beginning in joke.
But Ada, looking up and smiling through her tears, cried, "Yes, I do! You know I do!" And then sobbed out, "With all my heart I do, Esther!"
