"Where I am, now."
"A very pretty place," she answered, with a glance around; "but I should think one, out of doors on such a night, were vastly preferable."
"With you in it?" he asked.
She seemed to hesitate, watching him, the while, through half-closed eyes.
"If you wish, sir—wait until I get a fan.... Now, I am ready."
"I may select the place?" he said.
"You may," laughing; "will it be in the centre of the party, or just to one side?"
"A little to one side," he answered—"by as far as the Bay is from the house."
"Goodness, Dick, you are growing very venturesome—next you will be inviting me to go where Sir Edward——"
"Yes," he said—"where Sir Edward?"