Digital heart book

These thoughts passed through my mind as she beamed upon me in
her radiant beauty, smiling as sweetly as ever, as if to encourage me
still to live and hope.
But how did the doctor receive this remarkable love-song? Like the
philosopher he was. Being astonished beyond measure at what he had heard,
he sat and pondered the subject for some minutes. What chiefly interested
him was not the personal element in Mona's words, which was so vital a
point to me, but the fact that she could make use of any words of our
language. The possibilities which this fact opened up to him were of the
greatest moment. If Mona could learn to talk freely she would be able to
give us much information that would be of great scientific value. After he
had pursued these thoughts a while it suddenly struck him that the
expression she had used was a singular one to begin with, and he turned to
me and laughingly said:
"You must have taught her those words. I did not."
"I shall have to acknowledge it," I replied, "but I assure you I did not
influence her to make such use of them.


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