"You want to what?" asked Susan in the sweetest voice.
"I—I don't quite know," stammered Ruddle.
"I know," said Susan triumphantly.
"Oh, no, you can't," said Ruddle in great haste. "I'm certain you can't, for it ain't possible."
But Susan lifted her sea-blue eyes to his and shook her head.
"I do know, Tom. You want to kiss me."
Tom gasped and stared at her. "Well, you are clever," he said, with the greatest air of admiration. "I don't believe that any other woman would have guessed it."
And Susan sat waiting.
"Well?" she said at last.
"Oh, may I?" asked Tom.