'And do you think I'm getting on?'
Yes, I think you've made progress. You couldn't have done that
drawing before you went to Paris.'
'You really think so…. I was right to go to Paris…. I must show you my other drawings. I've some better than that.'
The artistic question was discussed till they reached the Place de l'Opera.
'That is the opera-house,' Mildred said, 'and that is the Cafe de la
Paix…. You haven't been to Paris before?'
'No; this is my first visit. But I didn't come to Paris to see Paris. I came to see you. I could not help myself. Your letters were so charming. I have read them over a thousand times. I couldn't go on reading them without seeing you…. I got afraid that you'd find some one here you'd fall in love with. Some one whom you'd prefer to me. Have you?'
'No; I don't know that I have.'
'Then why shouldn't we be married? That's what I've come to ask you.'
'You mean now, in Paris?'
'Why not? If you haven't met any one you like better, you know.'