“I believe you are acquainted with Socrates Potter?”

“Yes, and I like him. He can say such funny things.”

“Sometimes I fear that he hasn't a serious thought in his head.”

“Oh yes! He has at least one,” I said.

“Well, I should like to know what it is.”

“His thought of you.”

She blushed and looked away, and I could see that she was in quite a flutter of excitement.

Oh, what a day was that, and—we were in its last moments!

We were nearing the village, and had begun to meet people, and, while we had a little distance to go, our serious talk went no further.