She broke off abruptly and turned to open the door, but she had difficulty with the key because of her anger.
"Let me open it for you," he said, taking the key from her hand and inserting it in the lock. "There!" he added, when the door was open.
"Thank you," she said, taking the key from him. "Good-night!"
"Good-night, Eleanor!" he replied very softly.
They did not move. She stood with, her hand on the door and he stood on the top step and gazed at her.
"Well—good-night," she said again.
"Dear Eleanor," he replied. "My dear Eleanor!"
She gulped a little. "Goo—good-night!" she said.
"I love you, my dear, so much. I shall never love anyone as I love you. I have never loved anybody else but you, never, never!... Well, I thought I loved someone else, but I didn't!..."
"It's no good," she began, but he interrupted her.