He caught Maggie in his arms and kissed her.
All the rigidity went suddenly from her figure and she hung loose in his embrace.

Their gazes held for a moment.

She went pale, and quivering all through she looked up at him in startled, wide-eyed silence.

As for Larry, a dizzying, throbbing emotion permeated his whole astonished being.
Suddenly she pushed herself free from his relaxing arms, and backed away from him.
"What did you do that for ?" she whispered huskily.
But she did not wait for his answer.

She turned and hurried for the stairway.