Florence of possessing unbounded wealth-actually unequalled in
amount by that of any European monarch. Until the prospect of aiding
you by this amplitude of fortune occurred to my mind, I saw no value
in this boasted wealth; but now that I know that you will be
benefited by it, Carlton, I rejoice at its possession and its
magnitude."

"Dearest," said the artist, as he listened to her generous
declaration.

"There will be no want, no question of necessity; all shall be
yours."

"In your love and kindness of heart, you do not consider these
things as does the world, Florinda. The greater the amount of thy
riches, the farther art thou removed from me; thus reasoneth the
world-the cold and calculating world."

"Nay, Carlton, thou art again foreboding," said the lady in the
sweet, honeyed tongue of her land. "All will yet be as our hearts
could wish, I am confident."

"Love sees with blind eyes, dearest."

"I know the proverb; but each case is a peculiar one, and this-is
not this more so than any other?"

"So thy gentle heart would make it," he answered tenderly.

"And will not yours assent?"