“What nonsense!” he cried. “I’m sure you slept like a top.”
“What do you think your uncle would say if he knew?”
“There’s no reason why he should know.”
He leaned over her, and his heart went pit-a-pat.
“Why d’you want to kiss me?”
He knew he ought to reply: “Because I love you.”But he could not bring himself to say it.
“Why do you think?” he asked instead.
She looked at him with smiling eyes and touched his face with the tips of her fingers.
