“He attracted me,” said Patty, simply.
“Oh, that explains it. But then, you also attract people who do not attract you; myself, for instance.”
“Why, I think you’re quite pleasant,” said saucy Patty, looking at him with an air of patronising indifference.
“You’d better think so, or I won’t be pleasant!”
“Oh, yes, you will; you’re always pleasant.”
“As Rollo’s uncle said to him, ‘It’s a pleasure to go about with such a pleasant and sensible boy as you.’”
“But I didn’t say sensible.”
“Thank Heaven for that! Now never mind remembering what Homer told you about the Coliseum, but remember what I tell you. Be sure to see it by moonlight first. The night I first saw it, the moon was gibbous——”
“What does gibbous mean?”