"The words are tolerably plain," said Cherry.
"Then if you are 'only yourself,' why didn't you welcome me home?"
"What did you want me to say?" said Cherry, with again a little break in her voice.
"Say?" repeated Magnus. "You should have thrown up your hands and eyes, and then taken down the dictionary and used every word there was in it."
But now Cherry laughed.
"You would have had a pretty mixed dose, if I had," she said.
"Well, that is past," said Magnus; "you can't do it now. So you must have the catechism. Are you glad to see me?"
"Very."
"You are delighted?"
"Yes"—a little slower.