She watched Glenn as he gazed thoughtfully into the amber depths of the fire.

What was going on in his mind?
Carley's old perplexity suddenly had rebirth.

And with it came an unfamiliar fear which she could not smother.

Every moment that she sat there beside Glenn she was realizing more and more a yearning, passionate love for him.

The unmistakable manifestation of his joy at sight of her, the strong, almost rude expression of his love, had called to some responsive, but hitherto unplumbed deeps of her.