Is my hair white ?" "No.

You are the best-looking girl I ever saw," he declared with rustic frankness.
"I never had a compliment that pleased me so much," she answered, as her elbows tightened a little on his hands which were clinging to her coat.

"I almost loved you for what you did to the old villain.

I saw blood on the side of your head.

I fear he hurt you ?" "He jabbed me once.