And why not, Miss Lovejoyce—I mean Awabella? You must let me call you Awabella—you weally must. Miss Lovejoyce seems so stiff and formal.”
“Well, call me Arabella if that pleases you better.”
“It does please me, and so it’s a bargain.”
“What’s a bargain?”
“That I am to call you by your Christian name.”
“Agreed then. It is a bargain.”
And now about the wring? You must—you will accept it.”
“I have not said so.
“Not as yet, but you intend to do so.”
“You are arriving at a hasty conclusion, my lord.”