Dangerous Waters (35 page)

She laughed a little.
“
Do you think he ate all the food himself
?
”

“
Be too bad if for the first time in his life one of his clients put him off his lunch! We
’
ll invite the old glutton to the wedding.
”

“
The wedding,
”
she said dreamily.
“
I still can
’
t believe we
’
re going to be married.
”

“
It
’
ll be the real thing this time,
”
he promised, almost grimly.
“
I
’
ll see to that!
”

He kissed her again. And as she held him close and felt the need and vitality and strength in him, she knew a deep and vibrant thankfulness for those strange, heavenly, frightening days along the river.

THE END