Stepping forward, he dropped to his knees before Evelyn. I thought that the long-expected collapse was about to occur. It was with an indescribable thrill of emotion that I realized he had grasped Evelyn’s limp hand in his and was pressing his lips against it. I did not need to hear his words to know he had risen to heights I never really expected a man to reach. “You are the noblest girl I have ever met,” he cried, raising his eyes to Evelyn’s astonished face. “The truest, the most courageous, the loveliest…. I don’t know many men who would have the strength to do what you have just done! But
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