“Yes, very handsome. What happened next?” “I said: ‘That’s wonderful, Simon. I like you a thousand times better. Thank you very, very much for doing it for me.’ And then he asked me to marry him.” I didn’t tell her I’d heard. I shouldn’t like anyone to hear me being proposed to. She went on: “Then — it was queer, really, because I’m sure I didn’t hear you in the tower — I suddenly thought of you. I remembered your saying I wouldn’t know how I felt about him until I’d let him kiss me. And you were right — oh, I knew that I liked him and admired him, but I still didn’t know if I was in love. And
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