"Why, you—you—weren't anxious to go to ride with me!"
"How do you know? Miss Sniffen got the invitations, not I!"
"I gave you one, face to face!"
"0-h, up in the pasture!"
"Yes. You offered no reason for your refusal."
"I couldn't! I supposed that you were engaged to Miss Puddicombe."
"And you were afraid she wouldn't like it?"
"You are not a good guesser. I think I didn't consider her very much," with a little laugh.
"Then you thought I ought not to ask you?"
"Don't ever enter a guessing contest—you wouldn't win!"