When it struck him what he said, he was horrified at his thoughtlessness and tried to comfort her. (...) "This stupid old lips of mine and this stupid old head do not deserve so; but you will forget it, will you not?" He bent low beside her as he spoke; she took his hand, and looking at him through her tears, said hoarsely:-
"No, I shall not forget, for it is well that I remember; and with it I have so much in memory of you that is sweet, that I take it all together." (...)