In Sight of St. Paul's — page 62: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

CROSS PURPOSES. , | Oo”. She paused, and Tom would have spoken, but ahs motioned him to be silent. Then she raised her beautiful, sad eyes to his face. There was new dignity in every line of her slénder, girlish figure, but, when she spoke again, despair and dreary pain were in her tones. | “T know your father’s wishes in regard to Harry and myself, and I shall not disobey them!”’ The words ended in asob, and, fearing lest she should break down utterly, she turned precipitately and fled from the room. ‘Tom looked after her with his whole soulin his eyes. “Oh, Harry! Harry!’’ he murmured, with a sud- den burst of passion, longing, and regret, ‘‘what would I not give to be loved as she loves you!”’ Gom Cc aol) SS (e(@)