I had no method.

I told her I needed her." "_You_--needed _her_ ?" "And afterwards, in a different way, I told her that again.

And I did.

I do." "Why do you need her?
How do you need her ?" he urged gently.
She hesitated.

Her mouth--her splendid mouth shaped by stern or tender thinking to lines of exquisite fineness or firmness--trembled slightly, and the eyes which turned seriously upon him were wistful.