"We will walk back to the hotel," he said, stiffly.
She rose from the mossy log and accompanied him without another word. At last he broke the silence.
"I am a gentleman," he said, "and am in honor bound to carry out this contract, if you can not be induced to release me."
"That is the only sensible view for you to take," she said.
He crushed back the angry words that rose to his lips. He had never disliked a woman before, but he could not help but own to himself that he hated the girl by his side—the girl whom fate had destined that he should marry.
CHAPTER VI.
THE WAY OF WOMEN THE WHOLE WORLD OVER.
As Jay Gardiner and Sally walked to the hotel the young man had made up his mind that the wedding should be put off as much as possible.
Suddenly Sally touched him on the arm just as they reached the flight of steps leading to the veranda.