"Then if you haven't a ghost—" began David.
"Oh, don't joke about it," implored Diana. "I am really in earnest. I was horribly afraid; and I did not know of what. I began to think I should be obliged to ask you to put off, and to go by a later boat."
"Why?"
"So as to have you here, to tell me it had not meant more than we intended it should mean."
Diana took off her large hat, and threw it on to the seat opposite. Then she rested her head against the cushion, close to David's.
"Oh, this is so restful," she sighed; "and I am so comforted and happy! Do let's stop arguing."
"We are not arguing," said David.
"Oh, then let's stop not arguing!"
She lifted his hand and her muff together, holding them closer to her.