Page 66 (1/2)

"I will have noitover her, and i both hands this

time) "do say you love me!"

"I am captive in your hands, so I must, I suppose Yes, Sir Nor that for the first tio h certain

manoeuvers much more delectable to the enjoyers than to society at

large For fully ten minutes after Leoline's last speech, there was

profound silence But actions sometimes speak louder than words; and

Leoline was perfectly convinced that her declaration had not fallen on

insensible ears At the end of that period, the space between thehost of a zephyr would

have been crushed to death trying to get between them; and Sir Norman's

face was fairly radiant Leoline herself looked rather bea; and she

suddenly, and without provocation, burst into a hter

"Well, for two people ere perfect strangers to each other half

an hour ago, I think we have gone on remarkably well What will Mr

Ormiston and Prudence say, I wonder, when they hear this?"