King rallied:
“This; you are to marry me, of course. That was arranged in the beginning of all things. The important thing now is to get acquainted.” Again the low, sweet laugh and upturned face:
“Sounds like the verdict of a fortune teller. One of your old South Atlantic voodoos been earning a dollar?” He was amazed. It was not to be the last time this girl was to amaze him. She was an amazing girl.
“Why place me at the South Atlantic?”
“Oh my! Innocent! Doesn’t everybody know Charleston and Savannah brogue when they hear it?”
“Close. But it was a little further down. Are we so distinct, though?”
“Nobody can imitate it. I’ve tried. The fraud was apparent. My poor voice sticks. I can’t change it.”
“God forbid! But—getting back to the wedding—I am in earnest.”
“And you don’t know even my name!”
“I have name enough for two.”