“Of course I did, you foolish fellow! The mere chance that you would come was enough to rouse my wifely zeal. Do you know why I wanted you?” she added, as she took his arm, and led him out of the station into the quiet lanes.
“I haven’t the faintest idea.”
“No? Then I will tell you. I want you to take me away from Bridgton immediately.”
“But, my dear Pauline, you came here without me, and could, therefore, leave here without me, surely.”
“You don’t evidently know Lady Lenox. She has made up her party, and won’t hear of any one deserting, as she calls it. I talked till I was tired, and then it suddenly struck me to telegraph for you, and make believe you had come on purpose to fetch me.”
“But how is it you are tired of Bridgton already?”
“I don’t like to tell you, Reggie. You know how I hate to give anybody pain.”
“Pshaw!” he said, coloring a little. “Make a clean breast of it while you are about it. Have you and Lady Lenox quarreled?”
“Certainly not.”
“Then you have had disagreeables with one of the visitors.”