She looked curiously at him for a moment, not comprehending. Suddenly a rose flush stained her face.
"I don't think you mean to say that to me," she said quietly.
"Yes," he said, "I do mean to say it.... Because, since I first saw you, I have—have dared to—to be in love with you."[247]
"With me! We—you have not known me an hour!"
"I have known you three days."
"What?"
"I am George Z. Green!"[248]
