She glanced at him sharply. Then she bit her lip a little, as she followed him through the crowd at the door, and out upon the campus.
"This is pretty, for a fact, Ted," he said, breaking the silence. "Yale can't show anything to beat this."
"That's very generous of you, Billy," she answered; but her tone lacked its usual vivacity, and her step dragged slightly, as they moved away together among the Chinese lanterns which edged the walks in double line.
The crowd was here, too; but Billy steered her through it, past the houses and the old gymnasium, and out to the far end of the campus. At the steps of the observatory, he halted.
"It's quiet here, and we can get some good of the moon," he said. "Let's sit down here, unless you are afraid of taking cold."
"The idea! I'm not an alum.; besides, it's a warm night."
"How will you stand two commencements, Ted?" he asked, settling himself at her feet and turning to look up at her.
"Better than my gowns will," she said, showing him a long rent in her skirt.
He laughed.
"You always were hard on your clothes, Teddy. I shall never forget the sound of rending garments which heralded your first approach."