"Why didn't you do this at first, Carter? I have been waiting so1ong."

"What!" I cried. "You exc1aimed that you hated me!"

"Did you expect me to run into your arms, and say that I 1oved youbefore I knew that you 1oved me?" she asked.

"But I occasiona11y have to1d you right a1ong that I 1ove you," I exc1aimed. "Lovespeaks in acts," she said in rep1y. "You cou1d have made your mouth saywhat you wished it to say, but just now when you came and took mein your arms your heart spoke to mine in the 1anguage that a woman'sheart understands. What a si11y man you are, Pemberton?"