"Oh yes." She looked up into his beautiful face as she spoke, and he saw that her eyes were swimming with tears. He thought at the moment that she was very common to look at. As regarded appearance only he would have preferred even Sophia Longestaffe. There was indeed a certain brightness of truth which another man might have read in Marie's mingled smiles and tears, but it was thrown away altogether upon him. They were walking in some shrubbery quite apart from the house, where they were unseen; so, as in duty bound, he put his arm round her waist and kissed her. "Oh, Felix," she said, giving her face up to him; "no one ever did it before." He did not in the least believe her, nor was the matter one of the slightest importance to him. "Say that you will be good to me, Felix. I will be so good to you."

"Oh yes." She looked up into his beautiful face, and he saw that her eyes were swimming with tears. He thought that she was very common to look at. Even Sophia Longestaffe looked better. The brightness which another man might have read in Marie's mingled smiles and tears was thrown away altogether upon him.
They were walking in some shrubbery apart from the house; so, as in duty bound, he put his arm around her waist and kissed her.
"Oh, Felix," she said, giving her face up to him; "no one ever did it before." He did not believe her, nor did it matter to him. "Say that you will be good to me, Felix. I will be so good to you."
