“And the next?”
“Is not that enough?” he said. “You have three good names there.”
“Not enough unless it is all,” she replied, with an earnest look.
“That is all the names I can give you, Jennie,” he said, more seriously. “This is an odd whim of yours, anyhow. Do you know you are acting strangely?”
“Not half as strangely as you,” she replied. “Are there any more names?”
“I decline to answer,” he said, with a slight frown on his brow.
“There, I do believe the absurd man is getting angry,” she exclaimed, laughing. “I must leave now, before the thunder-clouds arise.”
“No, no! Not so soon. You have been here no time. I will smile like a summer’s day if you will only remain.”
“Listen to the tramp of that turnkey’s feet. He is getting impatient. I must really go now.”
“To return soon?”