"Except--if you really want to kiss me now and then--you can do so.

Only don't be silly about it!" Burke's quick movement of surprise told her that this was unexpected.

The two horses had recovered their wind and begun to nibble at one another.

He checked them with a growling rebuke.
Then very quietly he placed Sylvia's bridle in her hand, and put her from him.
"Thank you," he said again.

"But you mustn't be too generous at the outset.