"I shall coax him round at last. When the time for going comes, he'll yield then."
"But you will not go with them?" As he asked this he came to her and tried again to take her by the waist; but she retreated from him, and got herself clear from his arm. "If you are afraid of me, I shall know that you think it possible that we may be parted."
"I am not a bit afraid of you, Hugh."
"Nora, I think you ought to tell me something definitely."
"I think I have been definite enough, sir. You may be sure of this, however;—I will not go back to the Islands."
"Give me your hand on that."
"There is my hand. But, remember;—I had told you just as much before. I don't mean to go back. I mean to stay here. I mean;—but I do not think I will tell you all the things I mean to do."
"You mean to be my wife?"
"Certainly;—some day, when the difficulty about the chairs and tables can settle itself. The real question now is,—what am I to do with myself when papa and mamma are gone?"
"Become Mrs. H. Stanbury at once. Chairs and tables! You shall have chairs and tables as many as you want. You won't be too proud to live in lodgings for a few months?"