"Ah, my beautiful forest! I must say good-bye to it. How I have enjoyed the happy days in it."
"Some of them were too exciting to be pleasant," he replied smiling.
"But the others made up for them. I like to think of you in the forest best," she said dreamily. "We were real friends there."
"And elsewhere, I hope."
"No. In Darjeeling you didn't like me."
"I did. Tonight I can be frank and tell you that I was glad to go to it because you were there."
She looked at him wonderingly.
"But you wouldn't take any notice of me there," she said.
"No. I was told that you were engaged, or practically engaged, to Charlesworth, and disliked any one else taking up your time."
She sat up indignantly.