He did not speak, but his head was held up and his face was shining.
"Are you not afraid to tell me this?"
"No."
Her eyes glistened and her lips quivered.
"You insulted and humiliated me in public this morning, yet you think I will keep your secret?"
"I know you will."
She felt a sensation of swelling in her throbbing heart, and with a slow and nervous gesture she held out her hand.
"May I ... may I shake hands with you?" she said.
There was a moment of hesitation, and then their hands seemed to leap at each other and clasp with a clasp of fire.
At the next instant he had lifted her hand to his lips and was kissing it again and again.