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

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

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

"But I occasionally have told you right along that I love you," I said. "Lovespeaks in acts," she replied. "You could 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 language that a woman'sheart comprehends. What a silly man you are, Pemberton?"