But perhaps you did not mean--" "I did." "Then, logically, my proposal is sound." "Am I to take all these things, and give nothing ?" "Not at all.

You give me the things I want most, freedom, security, the grace of companionship, and collaboration in my work, so long as your interest in it continues.

I will be a safely married man and you--you will be a window-gazer no longer.

There is only one point"-- the speaker's gaze turned from her and wandered out to sea--"I can be sure of what I can bring into your life," his voice was almost stern, "but I warn you to be very sure of what you will be shutting out." "You mean ?" "Children," said Spence crisply.
"I do not care for children." The professor's soberness vanished.

"Oh--what a whopper!" he exclaimed.
"I mean, I do not want children of my own." "But supposing you were to develop a desire for them later on ?" She nodded thoughtfully.
"I might," she acknowledged.