He might as well be made to pay for keeping her up.
"Oh, Gilbert," she said, "what are you saying!" Her shyness and fright were admirable.
They added fuel to his fire.

"What I've been waiting to say for years and never thought I should.

I love you.

You've just got me." How often had he said those very words to other women! He did it surpassingly well.

She continued to act.