"We are brought up to be unselfish in England," I said modestly, and filled a third glass, emptying the jug.
"Are you ready to play again?" Miriam asked. "We might get two of the maids to field the balls. They would be pleased if we were to ask them."
"I have had a good deal of exercise lately," I said, "and it is very hot. What I should really like to do would be to sit here a little longer, and then have a wander round the garden. I am very fond of gardens, and I should like to see this one, which looks lovely."
Again, to my great surprise, Miriam blushed deeply. She rose from her chair, and said, looking away from me: "I am going in now. Mollie will be out in a minute, and she will take you round the garden if you want to see it."
Then she went indoors, leaving me to wonder what on earth I had said to cause her such confusion.
[CHAPTER X]
I was not left alone long. Mollie came out of the house, and greeted me in friendly childish fashion.
"Lessons over for the day," she said, throwing herself into a chair. "I suppose you will be awfully shocked if I say that I am glad of it."
She shook her thick mass of curls at me, with a challenging laugh.