"I didn't feel like work, to-day, so I thought I would run out and see you."
"You certainly are devoted! I shall have to reward you by being very nice."
He smiled. "I'm glad you're beginning to appreciate me."
"Meaning that in the dictionary sense of the word, or the common interpretation?" she said, seating herself.
"Both. They're the same, in my case. If I had suspected that you were going to be so amiable—"
"I'm always ready to be that—if you'll let me."
This was enough unlike her ordinary manner toward him to make him give her a look-over for an explanation. "All right, I'll take you up," he said. "Just how amiable are you prepared to be?" He sat down opposite her.
"That's for you to find out!"
"Well. I'll try to discover the line of least resistance."
"Oh, you needn't be so elaborate, Blanchard. You never really need more than half the subtlety you waste on me. I'm quite a simple person!"