Page:E Nesbit - Man and Maid (1906).djvu/237

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

He leaned forward and touched the Christmas roses with his lips. Then he dropped her hands and caught her by the shoulders.

“Oh! foolish, foolish, foolish people!” he said. “We two are man and wife. My wife! my wife! my wife! We are, aren’t we?”

“I suppose we are,” she said, and her face leaned a little towards his.

“Well, then!” said he.