Then she threw herself into his arms, not kissing him but looking up into his face. "Oh Paul," she exclaimed, "my darling! Oh Paul, my love! I will not bear to be separated from you. No, no;--never. I swear it, and you may believe me. There is nothing I cannot do for love of you,--but to lose you." Then she pushed him from her and looked away from him, clasping her hands together. "But Paul, I mean to keep my pledge to you to-night. It was to be an island in our troubles, a little holiday in our hard school-time, and I will not destroy it at its close. 
Then she threw herself into his arms, not kissing him but looking up into his face.
"Oh Paul," she exclaimed, "my darling! Oh Paul, my love! I will not bear to be separated from you. No, no; there is nothing I cannot do for love of you - but to lose you." Then she pushed him from her and clasped her hands together. "But Paul, I mean to keep my pledge to you tonight. It was to be an island in our troubles, a little holiday in our hard school-time, and I will not destroy it. 