"Honour bright, I did."
"I'll chop 'em off afore I see you again!"
He kissed her on the mouth.
"I never thought I could be so happy as this, Daniel," she said.
"'Tis almost too much," he admitted. "I doubt if any two was ever heart an' soul together like this afore. Feel me—fire—fire—burning like the bush in the wilderness, and yet not burning away! An' Him up above the clouds—to think it all out for us and plan it so loving and merciful! Bless God for His great goodness, darling Blue-eyes! This be all His work and His thought."
She showed no religious enthusiasm.
"Leave God till after," she said. "Go on burning now. Love me, hug me. There'll be black and blue bruises on my arms to-morrow."
"I'll make you love God in a way you haven't come to yet, Sarah Jane."
"Don't drag God in now," she said. "Talk to me, cuddle me. Tell me about what we're going to do when we'm married. Think of it all round—the astonishment—the fun. My father first—and then the castle-keeper. He'll have the flesh off your gert bones for this! Talk—talk—hug me tight and talk!"
"I want to think—I want to think," he said.