"Darling pet! What a delightful surprise!"
"Algy! Where did you spring from?"
Then they both drew quick breaths.
"Come back towards the Serpentine, I must talk to you. Your horrid little note made me feel quite wretched, and I have been to Liv and Dev's to-day, and they refused to give me your address—why were you such a little cat, darling?"
"I was not a cat, Algy."
They had turned and were walking towards the Row.
"I meant what I wrote—I want you to forget all about me. Joys can't go on—I have other things to do, dear."
"But it is perfectly brutal of you, Katherine, when I love you so—and you love me—at least you told me that you did!"
Katherine Bush's heart was beating very fast—would she have courage to keep to her determination now that she saw him face to face?
He looked so extremely delectable, here in the lowering sunshine. He was everything that a woman could desire in the way of a lover.