"Bravo, Bemperly! And have you given her a kiss?"
"No!"
"Have you confessed your love to her?"
"No!"
"How do you know, then, that she loves you too?"
"I don't know that."
The gradually decreasing certainty of these negations was so comical that Sophie could hardly keep from laughing.
"But, Bemperly," she cried, "how will you find that out?"
"I will ask her!" replied Bemperlein, resolutely.
"Very well! And if she says No?"