"You mean that you did really and truly care for me, then, Bess? Cared for me myself?"
"Yes."
"And that I frightened you back here?"
"Yes."
Unconsciously the man swallowed. His throat was very dry.
"And now that you're no longer afraid of me, how about it now?"
The girl looked away in silence.
"Tell me, Bess," pleaded the man, "tell me!"
"I can't tell you. I don't know."
"Don't know?"