A few moments later he whispered: "Tell me again--I know that you have
always belonged to me and I to you--but tell me again--you will--you
will--be my wife?"
Releasing herself gently, she lifted her hands and, unfastening that
slender chain of gold from around her throat, with rosy cheeks and
happy, tender, eyes, held out to him a tiny brass ring.
So the Yesterdays of the man and the Yesterdays of the woman became
Their Yesterdays.
All that Dreams, Occupation, Knowledge, Ignorance, Religion,
Tradition, Temptation, Life, Death, Failure, Success, Love and
Memories had given him, this man who knew that he was a man, gave to
her. All that the Thirteen Truly Great Things of Life had given her,
this woman who knew herself to be a woman, gave to him. And thus these
two became one. As God made them one, they became one.
And this is the love that I say, is one of the Thirteen Truly Great
Things of Life.
But my story is not yet quite finished for still, you must know, there
are Memories.