She hesitated, and then said appealing, “I want to be good friends with you, Felix!”
“I see no reason why we shouldn’t be,” he said.... That wasn’t very well done—he ought to be able to do better than that.... “It will be very nice to have tea with you.”
“Have you seen the Palisades?” she asked.
“No.”
“No, of course not....”
“The Palisades?” He appeared inquiringly interested.
“Pergolas and palm-trees. You’ll like it. We’ll go there for a walk.”
He smiled. “That will be lovely!”
Rose-Ann put on her hat, and looked at it in the mirror. It did not satisfy her, and she went to a closet for another. She viewed herself with dissatisfaction, and then turned to him and said lightly,
“Wait for me downstairs, Felix, while I change into some fresh things—I get so tired of my work-clothes.”