"No—no!"
"Then you do love me!" he cried triumphantly. "You've just got to love me! I won't take any other answer! Look into my eyes!"
She turned resolutely away and he took both hands drawing her back until their eyes met.
"Your lips say no," he went on, "but your tears, your voice, the tremor of your hand and the tenderness of your eyes say yes!"
Helen shook her head:
"No—no—no!"
But the last "no" grew feebler than the first and he pressed her hand with cruel pleading:
"Yes—yes—yes—say it, dear—please—just once."
Helen looked at him and then with a cry of joy that was resistless said:
"God forgive me! I can't help it—yes, yes, yes, I love you—I love you!"