She blushed, frowned and laughed, all at the same time. "That will do! Now I know exactly what I am—and just how childish a man can be. I believe you are lighter headed than when you were a boy."
"I am telling the truth."
"Telling the truth! Then you have changed, indeed, for that was not your habit." In sudden alarm she straightened up. "Oh, but you mustn't be seen here, Drowsy! You must go—at once!"
"Not now? Not this very minute?"
"Yes, this very minute. Men are not allowed here, under any circumstances. If I were found talking with you it would mean—oh, anything!"
"What does it matter? You are not going to stay here."
"Stay here? Of course I am!"
"But not long?"
"So long as I live."
"You don't mean that!"