"Awfully kind of you to say so."
"You started so suddenly."
"Oh, well—yes, I suppose I did. It just struck me I ought to see Australia."
"How funny!" she exclaimed, with a little laugh.
"Why funny?" asked Dick, rather stiffly.
"I mean that it should strike you just like that. However, it was very lucky, wasn't it?"
"You mean I——"
"Yes, I mean you—" said Daisy, who had no intention of saving Dick from any floundering that might befall him. Mercy is all very well, but give us justice sometimes.
"You heard of my—my engagement?"