"You're a rare find," he said, to add after a moment or two, "and I know what I'm talking about."
She did not speak, but her bosom was violently disturbed, whilst a delicious feeling crept about her heart. She repressed an inclination to shed tears.
"Now I s'pose your upset, eh?" he remarked.
"Why should I be?" she asked with flashing eyes.
It was now his turn to be surprised. She went on:
"It's a thing any woman should be proud of, a man asking her to share her life with him."
His lips parted, but he did not speak.
She drew herself up to her full, queenly height to say:
"I am very proud."
"Ah! Then—then—"