If you had only arrived sooner--" "And I shall always think of you as a different kind of man-beast," she interrupted him.

"It is really true that I shouldn't like to see you die.

I want to get away before it happens.

Would you care to have me kiss you ?" For an instant Kent felt that his aorta was about to give away.

"I--I would," he gasped huskily.
"Then--close your eyes, please." He obeyed.