"Refusals of what?" she replied, wilfully misunderstanding his meaning, at which Otterburn felt somewhat disappointed.
"Ah, your memory is treacherous."
"I think not! I can remember most things--when I choose."
"Then do you remember how we talked about Scotch costumes, and I said I'd put mine on the first Fancy Dress Ball we went to."
"Yes! I remember that."
"This is the first Fancy Dress Ball."
"And you are in your tartans," she answered, with a sudden glance. "How curiously it all comes about. I thought you had forgotten."
"I never forget anything you say," he replied eagerly. "I wish I could."
"Now that's very unkind of you! Why?"
"Because I wish to forget how cruel you were to me at the Villa Medici."