She laughed, gayly.

“We are coming on!” she exclaimed. “This pace is getting rather brisk—did you notice it, Mr. Macloud?”

“You’re in a fast class, Miss Carrington.”

She glanced up quickly.

“Now don’t misunderstand me——”

“You were speaking in the language of the race track, I presume.”

“I was—you understand?”

“A Southern girl usually loves—horses,” with a tantalizing smile.

“It is well for you this is a public street,” he said.

“Why?” she asked, with assumed innocence.