Nope! I should read through past entries in this thread, to see who the major guessers are. Here's another quote, from the 2nd thread as mentioned above, then I'll try to wait till everybody has had a chance to guess.
"Give me your hand," the other said, "then come and dream, till you discover, so soon, the ripeness of your dream." She paused, and added, "You'll never have to do anything for others any more."
It was the last touch, and false, false because of the habit of her past and because of Stanhope's promise. The fountain of beauty had sprung upward in a last thrust; it broke against the arched roof of his world, and the shock stung her into coldness. Never have to do anything--and she had been promising herself that she would carry someone's parcel as hers had been carried, that she would be what he said she could. Like it or not, it had been an oath; rash or wise it stood. "An oath, an oath, I have an oath in heaven."
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