“That,” said Captain Rage, “would bring her over by return.”
“Why?”
“Because the inference is that you still love me. Remembering the violent fancy she’s taken to you, is it likely that she’d sit still and allow me to turn you down? She’d come over here like a bear robbed of her whelks—whelps.”
Cicely stared upon the ground.
“Well, I’ll tell you what,” she said uncertainly. “Stick to my first suggestion and add these words.”
She began to dictate slowly.
You must not think this conclusion inconsistent or precipitate, because this is not, as you know, the first time that I have been engaged, while——
“No, no. I can’t say that,” cried Toby. “It’s—it’s out of the question. She—I never told her about Leah.”
“Leah?” cried Cicely. “Oh, you Mormon.”
“I mean Rachel,” said Rage hurriedly. “Leah—Leah was her second name.”