Perhaps you won't thank me for reminding you a second time of a conversation that you and I once had on this very spot, but I must.

I told you that I had been waiting for my turn.

And you told me that I had come--too late." He paused, but she did not speak.

She was trembling from head to foot.
He leaned towards her.

"Stella, I'm not such a fool as to make the same mistake twice over.