The Boy was too flabbergasted to reply, but he was far from convinced. The Colonel turned back to apologise to Yagorsha.
"No like this in your country?" inquired Muckluck of the crestfallen champion.
"N-no—not exactly."
"When you like girl—what you do?"
"Tell her so," muttered the Boy mechanically.
"Well—Joe been tellin' Anna—all winter."
"And she hated him."
"No. She like Joe—best of any."
"What did she go on like that for, then?"
"Oh-h! She know Joe savvy."