So the two found themselves on the front steps again, and Don suggested they remain there. The sun was getting low and bathing the street in a soft light.
“I have something very important to say to you,” he began.
“To me?” she exclaimed.
Again there was the expression of astonishment and––something more.
“It’s about my getting married,” he nodded.
“But I thought that was all settled!”
“It is,” he admitted.
“Oh!”
“I think it was settled long before I knew it.”