"L'amour est doux, petite Marie!"
"Je m'en moque!"
He rose, smiling confidently, dropped on his knees beside her, and rolled back his cuffs.
"Come," he said, "I'll help you wash. We two should finish quickly."
"I am in no haste."
"But it will give you an hour's leisure, belle Maryette."
"Why should I wish for leisure, beau monsieur?"
"I shall try to instruct you why, when we have our hour together."
"Do you mean to pay court to me?"
"I am doing that now. My ardent courtship will already be accomplished, so that we need not waste our hour together!" He began to laugh and wring out the linen.