Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend

BOOK THE THIRD: A LONG LANE
Chapter 8: The End of a Long Journey (continued)

'I must be sore disfigured. Are you afraid to kiss me?'

The answer is, the ready pressure of her lips upon the cold but smiling mouth.

'Bless ye! NOW lift me, my love.'

Lizzie Hexam very softly raised the weather-stained grey head, and lifted her as high as Heaven.

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