Tui: "Ridiculous." (Deserts the fire for the hearthrug.)
Aldean (intercepting the field of view): "Tui! Oh" (with a gasp) "Tui!" Certain physical demonstrations followed, amid which the dental emissions necessary for the iteration of the name "Tui" crackled like volleys from a machine-gun.
"Oh, Lord Aldean!" implored Tui, collecting her senses, "don't."
"Don't what, Tui?" said Jim, seizing her hand.
"Get up! If Mrs. Purcell came in, what would she say?"
"She would say I was proposing, Tui; and she wouldn't be far wrong. Say 'Yes.'"
"Why should I say 'Yes?'"
"Because I love you and you love me."
"I haven't said that I love you," said Tui, rising in feigned alarm,
"I don't need you to say it. I can see it."