But--" She could not go on.

What with one agitation and another, she had difficulty in conquering her emotion.

"But--I was going to tell you----" "Presently," he whispered, leading her to a sofa, "we can both afford to wait now.

Oh, Isabel, you have made me very happy!" "I ought to tell you, I must tell you," she began again, in the midst of hysterical tears.

"Though I have said 'yes' to your proposal, I do not--yet----It has come upon me by surprise," she stammered.