.

I can't wait any longer.

I want you, Nan, I want you so unutterably that I won't _take_ no." She tried to rise from the sofa.

But in an instant his arms were round her, pressing her back, tenderly but determinedly, against the cushions.
"No, don't get up! See, I'll kneel here beside you.

Tell me, Nan, when will you marry me ?" She was silent.