!"
But I think nothing short of brute force could have kept Mr. Woods
from her.
"Peggy," he babbled--"ah, forgive me if I'm a presumptuous ass--but
was it because you knew I couldn't ask you to marry me so long as you
had the money?"
She dallied with her bliss. Margaret was on the other side of the
table.
"Why--why, of course it wasn't!" she panted. "What nonsense!"
"Look at me, Peggy!"