Diana was disarmed in spite of herself. "And will you promise to growl very prettily?" with an arch expression.
"I'll try not to frighten you away too quickly."
Diana withdrew into the tent.
"O!" she said, "he's a bear with two faces; and that's the most difficult to cope with of all."
XII
THE MISSION STATION
They went to the Grenvilles' the next day, while Mr. Pym took another of his investigation trips. Stanley acted as escort, and Carew went to Edwardstown on business.
Ailsa Grenville met them with her brightest smile, and ushered them proudly into her cool, picturesque drawing-room hut.
"How charming!" they cried, with genuine delight; and Diana added, "O! why can't I have a hut in the wilderness?..."