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He says he is content to wait , but we agreed to speak about it as little as possible for some time to come . '' `` Oh , well , I 'll keep the secret . You need not be afraid that I shall gossip about you , '' I told her . She wears no ring on her engagement finger , but always , always -- morning , noon and night -- there is a little diamond anchor pinned in the front of her dress . I suppose he has given her that instead , as a symbol of hope -- hope that in ten or a dozen years , when she is an old thing over thirty , they may possibly be married ! Well , I can imagine Rachel waiting twenty years , if it comes to that , and keeping quite happy and serene meantime ; but Will Dudley is different -- so quick and energetic and keen . I could not have imagined him so patient .