Anne bit her lip and then nodded her head. "I know that's all true," she said, "and I want to promise you, you have no idea how much I want to promise you, but it was so terribly easy the first time and I don't want to make any promises that I won't be able to keep, Ray. Oh, I do wish you hadn't asked me for now you'll surely think the worse of me for it. But I'd rather that than lie."