“I wasn’t,” he said. “Something changed my plan a little. I wanted to get home.”
She looked at him resentfully. There was no reason why he should not change his plan and come home two days before she expected him, but she resented the unexpected. And there was something about him which appeared strange.
“Tell me you are glad to see me,” he said.
“Well, it wasn’t to be till Saturday,” she repeated stupidly.
“Are you thinking of dinner?” he asked. “Kate will manage something.”
She was not thinking of dinner, and no doubt Kate would manage something. It was Kate’s business.
“You’re wearing funny clothes,” she said.
“Country clothes,” he explained. “You see, I’ve been in the country.”
“Oh.” She was not curious.
“Yes. In the country. It was rather beautiful, Ada.”