"What?"
"If you care for me?"
She did not answer for a long time. It was as if everything in the world had drawn to the breaking point, and in a minute must certainly break.
"Yes," she said, at last, "I know."
Abruptly, by some impalpable sign, he knew what the answer would be, and he remained still.
She bent down over him and softened to her wonderful smile.
"Promise me," she insisted.
He promised with his still face.
"If I do not hold you cheap, you will never hold yourself cheap——"