He squeezed her shoulders. "Tell me why not!"
"I don't want to tell you," said Toby.
"You've got to," he said with decision.
In the dimness his eyes looked into hers. A little shiver went through
Toby. "I don't want to," she said again.
"Go on!" commanded Bunny, autocratically.
She turned suddenly and set her hands against his breast. "Well then, because I'm years and years older than you are—"
"Rot!" interjected Bunny.
"And—I'm not good enough for you!" finished Toby rather tremulously.
"Rats!" said Bunny.
"No, it isn't rats." She contradicted him rather piteously. "You've turned a silly game into deadly earnest, and you shouldn't—you shouldn't. I wouldn't have done it if I'd known. It's such a mistake—it's always such a great mistake—to do that. You say we can't go back to where we were before, but we can—we can. Let's try—anyway!"