“I can’t wait!”
“It may dry off enough by afternoon,” Holden said, admiring her spirit.
“Will you go with me, then?” Her foot drummed the ground. As he hesitated, she flashed round at Thair.
“Will you?”
“My dear young madam—” he protested.
“I’ll go!” said Longacre, across the group.
It looked so obviously a gallantry to rescue a lost cause! For an instant it seemed she hated him. Then she laughed.
“Why, I’m not afraid to go alone!”
“Nor I,” said Longacre. “That’s not why I asked you to let me come.”
Julia looked at him in confusion. This sudden sally out of his aloofness touched her, and left her at a loss.