“Try and see,” teasingly. “Probably I shall laugh. I usually do when Julie scolds me and then she laughs too and that spoils the effect. Well, begin. What is the greatest of my enormities? Have you made out a list?”
“Will you promise me something?” earnestly, leaning forward with a pleading expression on his handsome face.
“Perhaps. I am in a most docile mood at this moment.”
“Then promise me you will do no more driving. You are not equal to it to-night, indeed you are not, and it takes all the strength out of you.”
“How do you know I drove? Did Mr. Lennox tell you?” regarding him with raised eyebrows.
“No—but I knew.”
“If you are one of those mysterious persons who always know everything, I am going to avoid you,” she laughed, feeling herself flush under his earnest scrutiny.
“You have not promised,” he persisted.
“Did I promise to promise?” with a swift provoking glance from under her long lashes.
“Miss Dale,” pleading, “I never asked a favor of you before.”