He put his arms round her, and kissed her over and over again. How thankful he was afterwards that he had made this full confession, and been forgiven.
"You do forgive me?" he said once more, coming back to her side.
"Yes, fully and freely, my dear, dear boy."
When Arthur re-entered the drawing room, Frank rose at once, and said aloud—
"Come, Arthur; I could not think where you were. You know you promised to show me Regent Street by gaslight."
"So late?" said Ada, looking up wondering.
"We shall not be long, Ada," said Arthur; then passing her, he added low, "Mamma knows."
When they slammed the front door behind them, Frank exclaimed irritably, "What a fool you have been; half our time is gone! I could not imagine where you could be. Come along; we shall have missed half of it!"
They hurried along for a moment or two, and then Arthur slackened.
"Too fast for you?" Frank asked, looking round annoyed.