“I see. It’s a good notion.”
“Mother said she thought I might make it a battle between a Crusader and a Saracen, but the tree is in the wrong position for a person supposed to be fighting.”
“Won’t do at all, of course.”
“When General Belcher was here he said he believed that by painting the grass red so as to represent fire, and making a mast with rigging out of the tree, it might pass for the Boy who stood on the Burning Deck—Casabianca. But the Canadian Government would not care particularly about the Boy who stood on the Burning Deck, would they, Henry?”
“I have a dim idea that they wouldn’t.”
“I think I’ll stick to Mary Queen of Scots.”
“And now about our wedding?”
“I’m ready.”
“Name the day.”
“Will next Thursday do?”