(She liked that!)
"A day, then?"
"Not an hour!"
(She liked this still better!)
"Oh!"
"Not half an hour!"
"This is almost as bad as the duke; you are forcing me."
"If you do not answer yes or no at once, I'll go back to Barscheit and trounce that fellow who struck me. I can do it now."
"Well—but only four days—"
"Hours! Think of riding together for ever!"—joyously taking a step nearer.