her face scarlet.

"Yes, I do," she said at last.

With a sudden resistless sweep he clasped her in
his arms and kissed her lips.

Her heart leaped in mad response to the first kiss
a lover had ever given. Her body quivered and relaxed
in his embrace. It was sweet--it was wonderful beyond
words.

He kissed her again, and she clung to him, lifting
her eyes to his at last in a long, wondering gaze and
then pressed her own lips to his.

"Oh, my God, Kiddo, you love me! It beats the
world, don't it? Love at first sight for both of
us!

I've heard about it, but I didn't think it would
ever happen to me like this--did you?"

She shook her head and bit her lips as the tears
slowly dimmed her eyes.

"It takes my breath," she murmured. "I can't
realize what it all means. It seems too wonderful to
be true."