"It's awfully jolly to have you here again. You never told us you were coming."
"I happened not to know it myself till this morning. What have you been after?"
"Just now? Playing in the snow."
Rob's gaze reached her shoes, and she laughed.
"Yes, I know! Of course, I ought to have changed them. But it didn't seem worth while. I shall have to dress for dinner soon."
"And, meantime, you are anxious to start early rheumatism!"
"My dear Rob! I never had a twinge of it in my life—I don't know what it means."
"So much the better. It would be more sensible to continue in ignorance."
"Oh, all right. I'll be sensible, and change—presently. I really can't just now. I must have you while I can. When the others know you are here, I shall not have a chance. Are you going to stay?"
"One night. I must be off the first thing to-morrow morning."