“Done!” he agreed, reaching for her hand, and shaking it.
“But this mystery,” she said. “Doesn’t anybody know––”
“You know as much as all of us. Of course,” he added banteringly, “there’s no denying a woman, when she starts. He might tell you!”
The speech startled her, and she blushed.
“Now, that’s sheer impudence!” she retorted.
But he continued to look at her with a curious expression. How much had he guessed? In her confusion an impulse seized her. She leaned suddenly toward him, with flushed face and sparkling eyes.
“You dare me?” she demanded, her voice quivering.
“I dare you!” he answered gleefully.
“Well then, he shall tell me!”
“Good!” he exclaimed. “And I’ll be around to take the kicks if he––”