"All the time! You darling! What an infernal brute I have been!"
He evidently intended to kiss her again, for he tried to lift her chin
from his shoulder. Providence has taught women a great deal about such
things. Her eyes flashed with mischief as she struggled to release
herself.
"You must let me go, Tom; this isn't reasonable at all!"
But his training with the Harvard crew had given him a strength which
kept her there.
"Reasonable!" he repeated. "Reasonable be hanged!"