35/45 Besides, there is no use thinking about it." "Valerie, your logic and your ethics are terribly twisted--" "Perhaps. All I know is that I love you. I'd rather talk of that--" "Than talk of marrying me!" "Yes, dear." "But you'd make me so happy, so proud--" "You darling! to say so. Think so always, Louis, because I promise to make you happy, anyway--" He had encircled her waist with one arm, and they were slowly pacing the floor before the hearth, she with her charming young head bent, eyes downcast, measuring her steps to his. |