“Do you think so?” she said directly, and her pleasant bright face was now very grave.
“Do I think so! You know I do. There, I want a good talk to you, dear. It’s time I spoke plainly, and that we fully understood one another.”
“I thought we did, Harry.”
“Well, yes, of course, but I want to be more plain. We’re no boy and girl now.”
“No, Harry, we have grown up to be man and woman.”
“Yes, and ever since we were boy and girl, Maddy, I’ve loved you very dearly.”
Madelaine turned her clear searching eyes upon him in the most calm and untroubled way.
“Yes, Harry, you have always seemed to.”
“And you have always cared for me very much?”
“Yes, Harry. Always.”