But you will understand these things better presently." "Presently ?" she faltered.
"When you are my wife," he said.
She flashed him a swift glance.
"I am to marry you then ?" He held out his hand to her across the table.
"Will you marry me, Doris ?" She hesitated for a single instant, her eyes downcast.

Then suddenly, without speaking, she put her hand into his, glad that, notwithstanding the overwhelming strength of his position, he had allowed her the honours of war..