But--I meant all I said--then.

Don't you believe me ?" "I know you did," said he, simply.

But still the awkward silence, and still her attempt to set things more at ease.
"Why don't you come over here close to me ?" said she, with an attempt dutiful at least.

"How can I tell anything about you?
You've never even touched me yet, nor I you.

You've never even--I've never had any real notion of how you look, what you are like.