"Listen here, Kid"-- He now spoke with more than a touch of the bully in his tone--"stop this nonsense.

You--you come here and give me a good big kiss--see what I mean ?" She looked up at him from wet eyes, and amazingly through her anguish she grinned.

"You win!" she said, and came to him.
He was now the masterful one.

He took her protectingly in his arms.

He kissed her though with no trace of the Parmalee technique.