“ROBERT CAUGHT HER OUTSTRETCHED HANDS”
Perpetua shook back her mane of flame.
“Yes, for you said you would come, and truth is the best thing in the world.”
If she had seemed adorable before in the green heart of the ancient wood, she seemed many times more adorable now to the hot eyes of the man as she sat there so quietly, speaking so frankly, looking at him so frankly. He would linger no more over this sweet preface of pleasure. He asked her eagerly:
“Shall I tell you the best truth in the world? I love you.”
The girl’s calm eyes studied his flushed face gravely.
“Love is the greatest truth or the greatest lie in the world. We have met but twice. Can you love so quickly?”