It couldn't go on any longer.

I must know to-day." There was a gleam in his eyes that made her pose of indifference difficult; the fervor of his half-whispered words took possession of her.

She had expected sentiment of such a different character that his frank confession disarmed her completely.

Beneath his ardent, abrupt plea there was assurance, the confidence of one who is not to be denied.

It was not what he said, but the way he said it.