“I had nearly forgotten I said that,” he confessed. “I am sorry you heard it.” “Only sorry I heard it?” “I am sorry I said it,” he amended. “It was a hasty and ill-judged remark.” “True. But you need not worry. I have no great opinion of my own beauty, so I did not suffer unduly over it.” “I have a great opinion of your beauty,” he said in a low voice, looking determinedly ahead. “It has been many months now since I could look at you without admiration.”
