"I didn't mean it at all--not at all.

It is I that am detestable and common.

I spoke that way because I was irritated about something else." She laid one hand caressingly against his cheek.

"You must always call me Maggie--when--when "-- very softly--"you love me very, very much.

I like you to have a name for me that nobody else has." He seized her hands.