24/33 And I'll not ask you ever any more--never more--to say out of the deep reality of your heart what you loved me for.' 'Sweet tantalizer, what's the use? Is that enough ?' 'Yes; I will make it do....I know, I think, what I love you for. You are nice-looking, of course; but I didn't mean for that. It is because you are so docile and gentle.' 'Those are not quite the correct qualities for a man to be loved for,' said Stephen, in rather a dissatisfied tone of self-criticism. |