Yet now here was this! He came to his senses as she thrust him away; saw her cheeks whiten, her eyes grow wide.
"Oh!" she said.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" "Oh!" whispered Will Banion to himself, hoarsely.
He held his two scorched hands each side her face as she drew back, sought to look into her eyes, so that she might believe either his hope, his despair or his contrition.
But she turned her eyes away.

Only he could hear her outraged protest--"Oh! Oh! Oh!".