Then he paused again, and she found that the time had come in which she must say something to him.
[Illustration: "I asked you for a kiss."]
"I wonder you cannot understand," she said, "that I have suffered much."
"And is that to be my answer?"
"I don't know what answer you want."
"Come, Alice, do not be untrue; you do know what answer I want, and you know also whether my wanting it is unreasonable."
"No one ever told me that I was untrue before," she said.
"You do know what it is that I desire. I desire to learn that the woman who is to be my wife, in truth, loves me."

Then he paused again, and she found that she must say something.
"I wonder you cannot understand," she said, "that I have suffered much."
"And is that to be my answer?"
"I don't know what answer you want."
"Come, Alice; you do know what answer I want. I desire to learn that the woman who is to be my wife loves me."
