"Yes."
"When do you start?"
"In a week or so."
"Then I will give you my answer in a day or two," she said quietly.
He remained late, trying to persuade her to say she would be his wife.
He had to leave without being satisfied, and he was annoyed.
CHAPTER XVIII
TOM'S WEAKNESS
"Then he's come to the scratch! I thought he would. You're a clever lass, Jane," said her father.
"Nothing clever about it. I haven't given him much encouragement," she said.
"What are you going to do?"