'
'You mean to say you don't know?'
'Haven't the least idea in life.'
'Let me tell you then that it could only be one person. It never
was but one person. It never could have been but one person. It is
you.'
'Me!' said Miss Boncassen, choosing to be ungrammatical in order
that he might be more absurd.
'Of course it is you. Do you think that I should have brought you
all the way up here to tell that I was in love with anybody else?'
'I thought I was brought up here to see Mrs de Somebody, and the
view.'
'Not at all,' said Dolly emphatically.
'Then you have deceived me.'
'I will never deceive you. Only say that you will love me, and I
will be as true to you as the North Pole.'
'Is that true to me?'
'You know what I mean.'
'But if I don't love you?'
'Yes, you do!'
'Do I?'
'I beg your pardon,' said Dolly. 'I didn't mean to say that. Of
course a man shouldn't make sure of a thing.'
'Not in this case, Mr Longstaff; because really I entertain no
such feeling.'
'But you can if you please. Just let me tell you who I am.
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