"Come," he said, "let us all be charitable to one another, for I too am starving."
CHAPTER XIV
AN AWKWARD QUESTION
"You think they really liked it, then?"
"How could they help it? It was such a delightful idea of yours, and I am sure all that you said was so simple and yet suggestive. Good-night, Mr. Brooks."
They stood in the doorway of the Secular Hall, where Brooks had just delivered his lecture. It seemed to him that her farewell was a little abrupt.
"I was going to ask," he said, "whether I might not see you home."
She hesitated.
"Really," she said, "I wish you would not trouble. It is quite a long way, and I have only to get into a car.
"The further the better," he answered, "and besides, if your uncle is at home I should like to come in and see him."