"Elise!" He sat bolt-upright

"Elise!" He sat bolt-upright. "By gad! I never knew it until this
minute. _You_ are the woman I ought to marry. You are far too good and
clever and all that; but, by Jove! I could do something in the world if I
had you to work for. Don"t stop me, Elise. I am serious. I should have
known all along"----

Beneath a near-by tree he saw a woman in white, and the figure of a man

pleading for something
Beneath a near-by tree he saw a woman in white, and the figure of a man
pleading for something. Suddenly Selwyn saw the woman take some
article from around her neck and hand it to the man. The fellow took
it, and seemed to be turning away, when, with a suppressed sob, she
caught him in her arms, murmuring incoherent endearments through her
tears.