My - sufficiently wide experience of you, Mr Calverleigh, warns me that you are about to say something outrageous!' 'No, I assure you! Nothing derogatory! Charming girls, all of them! Only I don't want to kiss them!' She gave a startled gasp. 'You don't want - Well, upon my word! And if you mean me to understand from that -' 'I do,' he said, smiling down at her. 'I should dearly love to kiss you - here and now!