Language failed him.
"Tell me why you wondered," he begged.
"Because——You're wickedly persistent!"
"I am everything that is awful. Cynthia?"
"Yes?"
"Because you liked me?"
"Perhaps; the weeniest scrap in the world. Oh, you are horrid! What things you make me say! And we are only just——"
"Engaged! It's a glorious word; don't be afraid of it."
"I shall be afraid of you in a minute. How do you think of your—your proposals in your books?"
"I've only written one book."