Secondly, it was a decidedly "pretty" speech for a
ghost, and I am not at all sure that Mivanway was the kind of woman
to be averse to a little mild flirtation with the spirit of
Charles.
"Can you forgive me?" asked Mivanway.
"Forgive YOU!" replied Charles, in a tone of awed astonishment.
"Can you forgive me? I was a brute--a fool--I was not worthy to
love you."
A most gentlemanly spirit it seemed to be. Mivanway forgot to be
afraid of it.
"We were both to blame," answered Mivanway. But this time there
was less submission in her tones. "But I was the most at fault. I
was a petulant child. I did not know how deeply I loved you."
"You loved me!" repeated the voice of Charles, and the voice
lingered over the words as though it found them sweet.
"Surely you never doubted it," answered the voice of Mivanway. "I
never ceased to love you. I shall love you always and ever."
The figure of Charles sprang forward as though it would clasp the
ghost of Mivanway in its arms, but halted a step or two off.
"Bless me before you go," he said, and with uncovered head the
figure of Charles knelt to the figure of Mivanway.
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