"Yes! But I'd not believe it! I didn't! I never did! I could not!"
"You'd take my word against all the world--just my word, if I told you it wasn't true? You'd want no proof at all? Will you always believe in me in that way? No proof?"
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"I want none now. You do tell me that? No, no! I'm afraid you'd give me proofs! I want none! I want to love you for what you are, for what we both are, Will! I'm afraid!"
He put his hands on her shoulders, held her away arms' length, looked straight into her eyes.
"Dear girl," said he, "you need never be afraid any more."
She put her head down contentedly against his shoulder, her face nestling sidewise, her eyes closed, her arms again quite around his neck.
"I don't care, Will," said she. "No, no, don't talk of things!"
He did not talk. In the sweetness of the silence he kissed her tenderly again and again.