"You believed that!"
She lay back on the cushions with a great sigh. Flavian had his arms about her, as he bent over her till their lips nearly touched.
"How could you fear!"
"I am so much a woman."
"Yes----"
"And something is all the world to me, even though----"
"Well?"
"I would die happy."
He understood her whole heart, and kissed her lips.
"Little woman, I had come here to this room to ask you one thing more. You can guess it."