He thought his teeth were chattering.
"Are you glad ?" she asked, wondering a little at his silence now, and the room seemed strangely still all at once.
"Is it quite of your own free will ?" he asked, as though it cost him an effort to say anything.
"Yes--quite.

Of course!" Her face grew bright as though she were happy in removing the one doubt he had.
"I am very glad of that," he said quietly.
"Do you think that I would marry any one under pressure ?" asked Veronica, with a soft laugh.

"I will tell you something that will convince you.

It is a secret.

You must not tell my aunt that I know.