"Had you the courage?"
"I forgot both the fact and the courage."
I hurried along, for it grew dark, and presently saw Ben on the steps of the house.
"Have you been walking?" he asked.
"It looks so. Yes, with me," answered Desmond. "Wont you give me thanks for attention to your friend?"
"It must have been a whim of Cassandra's."
"Break her of whims, if you can—"
"I will."
We went into the parlor together.
"Where do you think I have been?" Ben asked.