"You couldn't have known," he said, his voice still quiet, hesitant. "I- I've only ever seen you in her, but maybe it was wishful thinking on my part, wanting to hang on to some piece of you when you'd been taken from my life--" Goodness, but he was crying again! Thomas looked at their hands, noticing the bracelet that Abby wore around her wrist- one that he'd given her, all those many years ago. His finger gently traced along the chain, and he chanced a faint smile. "You are the only woman I have ever- and could ever love, Abigail. In all my life, I've never known anything like what I've felt- still feel- for you."