When she saw him they gave
a cry and embraced each other. After a while he said, "I have brought
you some wild flowers; but this is the best," and he held up the
Sweet-pea.
"This is not a wild flower," said she; "it is a garden flower, and must
have been sown by accident. It shall be put with the other garden
flowers."
And she laid the Sweet-pea among the rest on the table, and so the
brothers met at last.
The young couple sat hand in hand in the sunshine, and talked of the
past.
"Time seemed to go slowly while we were parted," said the young man;
"and now, to look back upon, all our misery seems but a dream."
"That is just what _we_ feel," said the Sweet-peas.
"I was very sad," said the young girl softly, "very sad indeed; for, I
thought you might be dead, or have married some one else, and that we
might never meet again. But in spite of everything I couldn't quite
despair. It seemed impossible that those who really loved each other
should be separated for ever."
Meanwhile the Sweet-peas lay on the table. They were very happy, but
just a little anxious, for the lovers had forgotten to put them in
water, and they were fading fast.
"We are very happy," they murmured, "very happy.
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