"In the body or the mind?"
"I suppose it's the mind, ma'am."
"Don't call me ma'am—I am not so much your senior. True, the various experiences I have extracted from the circumambient universe render me somewhat more thoughtful, but my heart is very young," said Miss Sallianna, simpering, and slaying Verty with her eyes.
"Yes, ma'am—I mean Miss Sallianna," he said.
"Ah! that is better. Now let us converse about nature, my friend—"
"If you could tell me why Redbud has—"
Verty stopped. He had an undeveloped idea that the subject of nature and Redbud might not appear to have any connection with each other in the mind of Miss Sallianna.
But that lady smiled.
"About Redbud?" she asked, with a languishing glance.
"Yes—Miss."