"But you do love me?" she said desperately.
He inwardly groaned. "I'm not going back on anything," he said lamely.
"That's not enough," she said, beginning to tremble again. "It would kill me if you didn't. They'll never have anything to do with me again. I have no one but you. You must love me. You do love me, don't you?"
"Of course I love you," he said with a strange sinking of the heart.
"Then I'll do whatever you tell me," she said submissively.
"No more talks off by ourselves," said Jack. "And around camp you must treat me exactly the same as the other men."
"But if you shouldn't succeed in proving——" she began.
"I will," said Jack.
"Time's up, Linda," said Kate, coming back.
Linda kissed him in spite of himself, and hurried away. Jack breathed a sigh of relief, and took up his axe again.