"There! Now you will go on for me, will you not?"
"I would die for you!" he earnestly exclaimed.
"I would rather you would live for me, you mad boy!" she answered, smiling archly.
"I will do anything for you."
"Then answer my questions. Is it also true that Mr. Lyle and Miss Lytton are to be married?"
"Oh, yes! That is certain. Their engagement is announced. There is no secret about that."
"When are they to be married?"
"Well, there is a slight obstacle to their immediate union."
"What is that?"
"An old school-girl compact between Miss Cavendish and Miss Lytton, in which they promised each other that they would both be married on the same day or never at all."