"Would you rather not?" she asked.
"I will if you want me to; but I s'll feel a fool."
She laughed at him.
"Then feel a fool for my sake, once, won't you?"
The request made his blood flush up.
"I suppose I s'll have to."
"What are you taking a suit-case for?" his mother asked.
He blushed furiously.
"Clara asked me," he said.