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Yes. I asked him what it meant.

What did he say it meant?

He said I must know. I said I had an idea. Then he told me he liked me very much. That I was beautiful—and all that.

Since when!

[Again absently.] Since when—what?

Since when did he say he liked you?

Always, he said. But more since we came back. He said I was like the moon in this lavender dress. [Looking at him.] Had you any words with him—about me?

[Blandly.] The usual thing. Not about you.

He was very nervous. You saw that?

Yes. I saw it. What else went on?

He asked me to give him my hand.

[Smiling.] In marriage?