“She could only stare at Karl Brotnovitch as though she could not believe her ears, as indeed she felt she could not. Had it not all been so serious she knew she would have collapsed into helpless laughter. First Kevin had practically asked her to marry him, although not exactly in so many words. His theme had been a cosy home, a nest-egg and a future of peace and calm for two or more, themselves and his nameless “additions”!Now Karl Brotnovitch was standing there, obviously awaiting her answer.... His proposal had nothing hidden, or had it? Whether it had or not it was no more welcome in the girl’s eyes than that of Kevin Dean had been, yet neither did he speak of love.Karl wanted to marry her to “protect” her, but from what? Jane’s brain reeled as she tried to imagine some of the things which Karl obviously believed threatened her, but it was beyond all she could picture.She knew he admired her and that he thought her colouring, especially her hair, beautiful, but nothing in his demeanour, his words or actions spoke of the love Jane knew was the right of every woman to expect from the man she marries.The one man with whom she could ever dream of spending the rest of her life, the one man in the world she knew she would love to the end of her days, saw her as a nurse, as a good friend, a happy companion, and nothing more.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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