“No, I am returned wholly for business.”
Rosina received the cold douche with a composure bred of experience, and after a liberal interval he went on.
“But I wanted also to see you too.”
“Well, you are seeing me, are you not?”
“Yes, but you do not smile as before your cousin is come. I want you to smile. Oh,” he exclaimed, suddenly interrupting himself, “have you ride horseback since I left?”
“Oh, yes, almost every day.”
His face clouded slightly.
“Who have you ride with?”
“With my friends who are here, and twice with the lieutenant.”
Then his face clouded very heavily.