"The little I could offer would never satisfy you." "Yes it would," he insisted.

"I'm only asking to stand between you and trouble.

It's all I want in life." Again his eyes were upon her, dark and resolute.

His hand held hers in a steady grip.

For the first time her own resolution began to falter.
"Let me write to you, Mr.Ironside," she said at last, with a vague idea of softening a refusal that had become inexplicably hard.
"Write and say 'No' ?" said Jeff.
She smiled a little, but her eyes filled with sudden tears.