"No, I'm afraid not. They're not big enough for you."
They turned to the door. She spoke again.
"You are going to drive to Orham to-morrow afternoon?" she asked.
"Eh? Oh, yes. The Foam Flake and I will make the voyage—if we have luck."
"And you are going—alone?"
"Yes. Judah thinks I shouldn't. Probably he thinks the Foam Flake may fall dead, or get to walkin' in his sleep and step off the bank or somethin'. But I'm goin' to risk it. I guess likely I can keep him in the channel."
She waited a moment. Then she smiled and shook her head.
"Cap'n," she said, "you make it awfully hard for me. And this is the second time. Really, I feel so—so brazen."
"Brazen?"
"Yes. Why don't you invite me to ride to Orham with you? Why must I always have to invite myself?"