With a stifled exclamation he caught her up in his arms, crushing his mouth down on hers till her lips felt bruised beneath his kisses.
"It's not enough!" he said, his voice hoarse and shaken.

"It's not enough! I want you--the whole of you, Nan--Nan!" For an instant she struggled against him--almost instinctively.

Then, remembering she had given him the right to kiss her if he chose, she yielded, surrendering passively to the fierce tide of his passion.
"Kiss me!" he insisted hotly.
She kissed him obediently.

But there was no warmth in her kiss, no answering thrill, and the man knew it.

He held her away from him, his sudden passion chilled.
"Is that the best you can do ?" he demanded, looking down at her with something grimly ironic in his eyes.