You'll have to put me to bed double quick after this, or I shall be standing on my head in earnest." He laughed a little.

She leaned back against him.
"Yes, I know, darling.

You're a man that likes to manage, aren't you?
Well, you can manage me and all that is mine for the rest of my natural life.

I'm never going to leave you again, Billikins.

That's understood, is it ?" His face sobered.