“But I have none.”
“Nobody asks you if you have. But would she take it, if you had?”
“If I had! I am sure she would take it; she would have to, for what would she gain if she did not?”
“Are you sure?”
“’F cush!”
“Ach, but, after all, why did you not tell me you liked me before she came?” she said testily, stamping her foot.
“Again!” he exclaimed, wincing.
“All right; wait.”
She turned to go somewhere, but checked herself, and facing about, she exacted an additional oath of allegiance. After which she went to the other side of the chimney. When she returned she held one of her arms behind her.
“You will not let yourself be talked away from me?”