"And will you decide then?"
"Perhaps."
"Then I'll see you tonight," he said, as he raised his hat, as if wishing her to leave him.
Mavis bit her lip as she turned to leave Perigal.
"Goodbye till tonight, little Mavis!"
"Goodbye," she called back curtly.
"One moment," he cried.
She paused.
He went on:
"It was charming of you to come. It's like everything to do with you—beautiful."