32/63 Who is she ?" "You won't ask me, will you ?" "No. Are you sorry that I am in love with you ?" His arms unclasped her body, and he stepped back, facing her. "Am I to be permitted to adore you in peace, then--decently, and in peace ?" "Don't speak that way, Leila. I--there is no woman, no friend, I care for as much as I do you. It is easy, I think, for a woman, like you, to make a man care for her. |