' 'I have loved thee with an everlasting love.'"
Silence fell between them for some moments, both seemingly wrapped in
thought; then Mr. Dinsmore said inquiringly, "You will go to Roselands
to-morrow?"
"Yes, papa, if you go, as I heard you say you intended, and nothing
happens to prevent. Rosie was particularly delighted with Cal's
invitation," she added, smiling up at him, "because I had been telling the
story of those Christmas holidays that we have been discussing, to her and
the other children, and naturally she wants to look upon the scene of all
those important events."
"It will not be by any means her first visit to Roselands," he remarked in
a tone of surprise.
"Oh, no, sir! only the first after hearing of those interesting episodes
in her mother's life."
"But the house is not the same."
"No, sir; yet the hall and parlors, your rooms and mine are about where
and what they were in the old house."
"Ah! well I hope Rosie will enjoy it. And that you may do so, I shall
leave you now, begging you to go at once to bed. Good-night, daughter."
"Good-night, my dearest, best of fathers," she responded, putting her arms
round his neck as he stooped to give her a parting caress.
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