"Shall I whisper it?"
She inclined her small head daintily, then:
"Oh!" she exclaimed, startled and blushing to the tips of her ears.
"Will you be ready?"
"I—yes. Yes—I'll be ready——"
"Does it make you happy?"
"I can't realise—I didn't know it was to be so soon—so immediate——"
"We'll go to Silverwood. We can catch the evening express——"
"Dearest!"
"You can go away with me for one week, can't you?"