"Look at me," he said; "I want to see what is in your eyes."
She lifted them obediently, and then let them fall again.
"Ah, that is enough," he said, with exultation in his voice. "You have answered me, Pam. That is enough just for the present. Some day I shall tell you what I wished for, and we shall see if our wishes come true. A double wish should have double force to induce its fulfilment. Isn't it so, Pam?"
She said nothing, and he looked at her with triumph shining in his eyes. Blent with it was the tenderness of a lover when he knows he is loved, and just a shade of shamefacedness as well.
"We must be wise, little beautiful Pamela," he said presently, in a low voice. "We must be wise and wait. I mustn't ask yet all I would ask, but I will one day—one good day, Pamela. You will trust me, won't you?"
"Yes," said Pamela, hardly knowing what she was asked.
"It will not be for long. Indeed, I could not endure it for long. Shall we be friends for a little while longer, Pamela darling?"
"Yes," said Pamela, forgetting to rebuke him.
"After to-day I will not call you darling till I have the right before all the world. After to-day. I meant to have held my tongue, but you bewildered me, Pamela. You are not angry with me?"
"No," came almost in a whisper.