He would not have them change for the world.

He figured that he would have five evenings of undisturbed bliss in each week walking home with Miss Nermal after the other teachers had left.
Belton contrived to walk home with the same group each evening.

The teachers soon noticed that Miss Nermal and Belton invariably walked together, and they managed by means of various excuses to break up the group; and Belton had the unalloyed pleasure of escorting Miss Nermal from the school-house door to her own front yard.

Belton secured the privilege of calling to see Miss Nermal at her residence and he confined his social visits to her house solely.
They did not talk of love to one another, but any one who saw the couple together could tell at a glance what was in each heart.

Belton, however, did not have the courage to approach the subject.