"Why do you say that?"
"Because you told me so."
Innocently, with an air of wonder, she took it up. "Did I? I don't think so. I am sure I did not. I am convinced that I would not have volunteered it and I am certain you did not ask."
"I asked you a moment ago."
If I don't make it stop, she thought, it will jump out. What shall I do?
"And I ask you again," he gravely continued.
It was in her throat. Try as she might she could not choke it back. Out it came.
"I have never cared for any one else."
Lennox stared. It was incredible. Like many another it was incredible to him that he should have sought afar for what was at his side.
But not having finished, she resumed. "And I never shall."