"It was certainly unnecessary, Lord Manister," said the girl calmly, and not without a note of amusement in her voice.
"So you don't mind meeting one!"
"Lord Manister, I am delighted. Why should I mind?"
"You know I behaved like a brute."
"You did, I'm afraid." He winced. "You went away without saying good-by to your friends."
"I went away without saying good-by to you."
"Among others."
"No!" he cried sharply. "You and I were more than friends."
Christina drummed the ground with one foot. Her glance passed over Lord Manister's shoulder. He knew that it waited for the dogcart at the bend of the road.
"We were more than friends," he repeated desperately.