"Oh, it's nothing," and he laughed. "It was fun to jerk him over with me."
Then she laughed, too, and Fred thought hers the sweetest face he had ever seen in all his life.
"What is your name?" she asked him.
"Fred Halsey."
"My name is Eva Gaines. I want to remember your name, for I never had such a fright in all my life."
"I'll be sure to remember yours," Fred remarked.
"Why will you? Because you were hurt?"
Fred looked around and saw that everybody also in the room was listening to the claiming of the two purses, so he went close up to her and said in a half whisper:
"Because you are the most beautiful girl I ever saw."
"Oh, my!" and her face flushed and eyes sparkled.