Then he looked away, without appearing to hear her, and called her attention to the view, which was charming.

“You have beautiful scenery around here,” he observed, in a matter-of-fact way.

“Oh, very!” she said, somewhat sharply; “but I have seen it so much that I am tired of it. Let’s talk about something else.”

“If you like.”

“Don’t you think Hattie Hazle a pretty girl?”

“I believe she is.”

“You ‘believe so’! Why, didn’t you notice?”

“Not in particular.”

“Well, you are a queer fellow!”

“Am I?”