"Jump in, girls. It's a dandy day for a spin."
But they laughingly refused.
"Too many of us for that cutter," said Rhoda. "We'd make an awful load."
"And we don't want any men around anyway, to-day," laughed Bess.
Walter heard, but he saw only Nan's glowing face. What he thought about that face was plainly to be read in his eyes.
"Isn't there anything that I can do for you?" he asked. "Don't you want me to run the basket up to the cottage for you?"
"No, thanks," replied Nan. "We're getting along finely. It's awfully good of you, just the same."
Walter chirped to his horse, still with his eyes on Nan's smiling face, and, lifting his hat, drove on.