I told you that before. You must please put it out of your
head. I am going now, and it must be"--her voice trembled a
little--"good-bye!"
"It will be nothing of the sort," he answered. "Do you care for me a
little, Virginia?"
"I--perhaps I do," she faltered.
"I thought you did," he whispered, smiling. "I hoped so, anyhow. That
settles it, Virginia. You haven't a chance of getting away from me,
dear. You may just as well make up your mind to be Mrs. Mildmay as soon
as I can get that license."
"You are the most impossible person!" she declared in despair. "How can
I make you believe me?"
"Nohow," he answered. "Let me come with you, please, this evening."
"I will not," she answered firmly. "Do believe me, please, that it is
impossible."
"Very well, then," he answered, "you shall have your own way, but on
one condition, and that is that you tell me where I can find you
to-morrow. I shall probably have the license then."
Virginia looked around the room as though seeking for some means of
escape, and yet she knew that every word he uttered was a delight to
her; that a new joy, against which she was powerless to fight, was
filling her life.
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