"No of course you're not darling" cried Cyril putting his arm round her waist.
"You mustn't call me "darling" Cyril" replied the girl shyly.
"Yes I must" said Cyril getting a little closer.
"Oh well for once in a way perhaps it does'nt matter" said Helen.
"Well the long and the short of it is Helen" said Cyril "I want to marry you?
"Really" said Helen "you've been long enough getting to the point."
"Have I?" said Cyril shyly "well now that I have come to it, do you love me enough to marry me?"
"Ye-es" replied Helen slowly.
"You seem rather doubtful" said Cyril.
"It's best to be so at first" replied Helen.