She could not look up to meet the eyes that she knew were dwelling upon her.
"I want to take you over there to-morrow," he went on. "There are a few changes I propose making, and you may like to suggest some on your own account. You can have it any way you please."
She glanced up now, her cheeks still aflame, her face flooded with joy.
"I shall like to go," she said; "but I think I'll leave the changes to you. The outside looks beautiful to me just as it is. The wide lawn on the south side, with the background of evergreens, is magnificent!"
"I am glad you like that. I never tire of it. So you don't want me to trim the trees up—as some folks advise?"
"O-h!" she gasped. "The effect would be ruined!"
He smiled. "I might have done it to please you, but I think I'd have argued a little first."
"I should have argued more than a little if you had suggested it," she laughed.
"I am going to build out a big veranda from the dining-room, put in windows for the winter, and then give them over to screens through the summer."
He paused to listen. "Dr. Temple, I presume," as a car whizzed up and stopped. He went to the door, while Miss Sterling threw on her coat.