'"Thanks for the compliment."
'"But it is difficult to say what else; your costume is so unlike anyone we see hereabout."
'I wore simply a rowing suit of white flannel, trimmed and faced with blue, with a skull-cap to match.
'"I am a Lancer," said I.
'"A Lancer!" she repeated, while her blue eyes dilated.
'"Yes; I command the troop in Perth Barracks."
'I could see that the information pleased her, for her colour rose and she looked aside; and again I pondered as to whether she was the hoyden by nature I suspected.
'"I must return home now," she said suddenly, as if she read my thoughts in my face.
'"So soon?" I urged, pleadingly.
'"Yes; and thanks, so much, for your row—it has been delightful."