He tried to laugh again. "Don't be angry." But Alice put both hands to her face and walked quickly away.
CHAPTER XXII
Kimberly followed her through the open door. "Where are you going?" he asked. Her answer came in her quickened step. He repeated his words without eliciting any response. Then he stepped directly in front of her in the path. "Stop for one moment. Alice, you can't go any farther while you are as angry at me as you are now."
"I am Alice to no one but my husband," she exclaimed controlling herself as well as she could. "You shall not stop me, you have no right to."
"Where are you going?"
"I am going home."
"Listen; you are Alice to me--now, and forever; remember that."
Her knees trembled as she strove to escape him. She tried to pass through the shrubbery and could not. She felt faint and dizzy. The very world had changed with a kiss. Everything in life seemed upset, every safeguard gone.
He took her arm. "Come back to the path, Alice. We must walk it together."
She paused an instant for breath and made an effort to speak as she put his hand angrily away. "I insist," she cried, "that you do not continue to insult me."