He was young; so while he did not speak, he felt ashamed of himself for not speaking.

He felt that she must be expecting him to speak, that she had the right to expect it.

He drew a little away from her, and kept silent.
"The time will soon pass," said she absently.
"The time?
Then you intend to come back ?" "I mean the time until you're through college and we can be together." She spoke as one speaks of a dream as to which one has never a doubt but that it will come true.

It was so preposterous, this idea that he would marry her, especially after she had been a servant or God knows what for several years--it was so absurd that he burst into a sweat of nervous terror.

And he hastily drew further away.
She felt the change, for she was of those who are born sensitive.