'Dick, I cannot, I cannot; don't ask me.'
'Ask you what?' he said.
'To go to Bath with you to-morrow morning,' she answered.
'You won't come to Bath!' he cried. 'But who will play Clairette?'
'I will, of course.'
'I don't understand, Kate,' Dick replied.
'I only want one day off. Why shouldn't I spend the Sunday in Leamington and go to church? I want a little rest. I can't help it, Dick.'
'Well, I never! You seem to get more and more capricious every day.'
'Then you won't let me?' said Kate, with a flush flowing through her olive cheeks.
'Won't let you! Why shouldn't you stay if it pleases you, dear? Montgomery is staying too; he wants to see an aunt of his who lives in the town.'