“Sure, if you say so,” he agreed.
He accepted the suggestion so simply, she regretted her suspicions, instantly changed her mind and said, smiling:
“No, we'll go on where we started. The long walk will do me good.”
“All right,” he laughed; “whatever you say's the law. I'm the little boy that does just what his teacher says.”
She blushed and shot him a surprised look.
“Who told you that I was a teacher?” she asked, with a smile.
“Lord, nobody! I had no idea of such a thing. It never popped into my head that you do anything at all. You know, I was awful scared when I spoke to you?”
“Were you?” she laughed.
“Surest thing you know! I'd 'a' never screwed up my courage to do it if you hadn't 'a' looked so kind and gentle and sweet. I just knew you couldn't turn me down——”
There was no mistaking the genuineness of the apology for his presumption. She smiled a gracious answer, and threw the last ugly suspicion to the winds.