‘You’d be surprised if you knew what I wished for,’ said Stefano.
‘What was it?’ asked Ileana, full of curiosity. ‘I shan’t tell.’
‘It’s something you’d never think of.’
‘Is it something to do or something to have?’ queried Ileana.
‘Something to do, right now, to-day,’ said Stefano; ‘something you never did in your life.’
‘Oh, please, Stefano, tell me; go on, do!’
‘And I wished it for you, too, Ileana,’ said Stefano, tantalizingly.
‘Oh, how good of you, Stefano. What was it?’ Ileana was standing breathlessly in front of him now.
‘Well,’ he said, thinking only how pleased she would be, ‘I wished we might both ride in an automobile!’
‘Oh, Stefano!’ cried Ileana in dismay, ‘now you’ve told, and it won’t come true! How could you!’