"I love you so!" she said.

"I love you so!" He pressed her face slowly upwards.

But she resisted.

"No, no! I can't--meet--your--eyes." "You need not be afraid," he said.

"Once and for all, Puck, believe me when I tell you that this thing shall never--can never--come between us." She caught her breath sharply; but still she refused to look up.