“Certainly, of course we would.”
“Only too delighted—”
She cut them short with a smile.
“Thank you, thank you very much. You are very kind. I shall see you again before you go away, then.”
With more smiles, with more bows, she had fled away over the ropes and among the old barrels, and the two young men were left staring at each other, with the excitement of the unusual adventure still upon them.
“By Jove, what a lovely girl!” said Repton, enthusiastically.
“H’m! Lovely girl at asking questions; but we didn’t get much out of her in return,” said his companion, grumpily.
“Well, we couldn’t sit down and put her through her catechism. It was enough for me just to be in the presence of such a handsome creature.”
“Ah!” grumbled Bayre.
“But not for you, you Grimmgriffenhoof?”