Then he hurled the note-book across the room and walked over to her as she lifted her lovely head, startled and tearful.
"You are right," he said, swallowing nothing very desperately. "You can not be studied this way. Will you—marry me?"
"What!"
"Will you marry me?"
"Why?" she gasped.
"Because I—want to study you."
"No!" she said, looking him straight in the eyes.
Brown thought hard for a full minute.[147]
"Would you marry me because I love you?" he asked timidly.
The question seemed to be more than she could answer. Besides, the tears sprang to her blue eyes again, and her under lip began to tremble, and she covered her face with both hands. Which made it impossible for him to kiss her.