“Seriously, Leila,” Peter Cairns had changed again from laughter to purpose, “won’t you think about what I’ve said?”
“I will think about it,” Leila promised. Her eyes had an absent mystic light in their depths.
“I love you, Leila,” he said again, “I’ve loved you almost from the day I first met you.”
“I will think about that, too,” she returned soberly, and for a brief instant she permitted his strong brown fingers to close over her own.
THE END
Transcriber’s note:
Title Page, comma inserted after ‘Series,’ “Dean Post-Graduate Series,” etc.”
Page 7, ‘though’ changed to ‘thought,’ “but thought he hadn’t”
Page 7, ‘though’ changed to ‘thought,’ “He thought he had”