THE REDEMPTION OF ANTHONY
one. We can go somewhere in Italy for June—"
"Are you asking me because you love me, Tony, or because you need me?"
"Why, both."
"Oh, you only mentioned one, you know."
"I thought you understood me well enough to know that I can't do this sort of thing like a matinée hero; but I do want and need you more than anything else in the world, Louise."
"I suppose it is thoroughly like a woman to want you to say: 'I love you better than anything on earth.'" She rose. "I want to think it over, Tony; you'll have to give me time."
He rose, too, a trifle annoyed and quite surprised. "Of course, but—"
"You're in a hurry to make your plans? I understand. Peter, you must go now, unless you'll stay on to dinner. We have to dress."
"Mark how she speeds the parting guest! Are you dismissed, too, Tony?"
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