But he only held her closer and laughed again softly, till she whispered, "I didn't—quite—mean that, you know!"
"Of course you didn't!"
She drew away from him and pointed her finger at him accusingly, her eyes full of reproof.
"But—you said you wouldn't! You promised!"
"Wouldn't what?"
"Wouldn't do—what you did—again!"
"Did I?" insinuatingly.
"How dare you ask that? You——"
"'Brute' again? Quite like old married folk!"
"Old married folk? They never kiss!"