“Yes, you do; you must, of course you must, or you’d be nothing of a lover. Come on, or I shall take back my promise.”
“Well, then, that evening on the stairs.”
Muriel pouted.
“Oh, then!”
“Do you remember it?” he said.
“Of course I do. You frightened me.”
“I know, and that’s why I thought that one day you might marry me.”
“Oh, but how silly!” she protested. “I wasn’t a bit in love with you then. In fact, I was very annoyed with you.”
“And, besides, I think I’ve always been in love with you.”