In spite of his premeditated carefulness, the floor would now and then creak; his garments would rustle; the shadow of his presence, in a forbidden proximity, would be thrown across his victim.
When I have given this security I shall have time to look about me; and you are so clever that if you turn your mind to managing you will school me into carefulness.
'Very well, blue eyes'. And Knight laughed, and drew her close and kissed her the second time, which operations he performed with the carefulness of a fruiterer touching a bunch of grapes so as not to disturb their bloom.