But as she found his dark face close to hers and felt his eyes scorch her like a flame, expediency rather than dismay urged her to action.

There was something so sublimely natural about him at that moment that she could not feel afraid.
She drew back from him gasping.

"Oh please--please!" she said.

"Captain Monck, let me go!" He held her still, though he drew her no closer.

"Must I ?" he said.