"Nan, darling——"
"Yes——"
"Go to Paris for a year, but don't bind yourself to me. Then, when you come back, if——"
"If I'm still of the same mind——Jerry, you sound like the counsel of a wise and worldly grandmother," with a gleeful laugh.
"—if I'm no worse—if I'm a little better——This is great medicine, Nan. I feel like a new man now. If then——"
"I shall not go at all unless—unless——"
"Yes——"
"—unless I am bound tight—tight—to you. I—I shouldn't feel sure of you!"
"Oh, there's no use resisting you," he said, half under his breath. "It's the sorriest bargain a woman ever made, but——"
"If she will make it——"