"Rather because I am so handsome?"
"No. They're pleased because you are an M.A."
Then she laughed at my look of chagrin.
* * *
This morning I met Jim.
"Jim," I said, "you are free to speak now."
He made no reply; he sprang over a gate and flew towards the village.
The girls came up in a body at four o'clock.
"Is't true?" cried Janet as she ran up breathlessly.
"What? Is what true?"