"Not," she added, blushing, "that I mean to vaunt myself or my courage——"
"No: I understand. You are not that kind.... It's rather extraordinary how well I—I think I know you already."
"Perhaps you do know me—already."
"I really believe I do."[299]
"It's very likely. I am just what I seem to be. There is no mystery about me. I am what I appear to be."
"You are also very direct."
"Yes. It's my nature to be direct. I am not a bit politic or diplomatic or circuitous."
"So I noticed," he said smilingly, "when you discussed finance with me. You were not a bit politic."
She smiled, too, a little embarrassed: "How could I be anything but frank in return for your very unworldly generosity?" she said. "Because what you offered was unworldly. Anyway, I should have been direct with you; I knew what I wanted; I knew what you wanted. All I had to do was to make up my mind. And I did so."
"Did you make up your mind about me, also?"