“I couldn’t help seeing that,” he said innocently. “If you will give me a print, I shall have it framed and place it among the other family portraits.”
“I really meant to present you with an album containing all the pictures which turn out well,” she said.
“You have not changed your mind, I hope?”
“N—no, but there will be so few. I was rather lazy during the first two days.”
“You can trust me to fill in the gaps with exceeding accuracy.”
“Oh, don’t let us talk as if we would never meet again. The world is small—to motorists.”
“I had the exact contrary in mind,” he said quickly. “If we parted to-day, and did not meet for twenty years, each of us might well be doubtful as to what did or did not happen last Friday or Saturday. But association strengthens and confirms such recollections. I often think that memories held in common are the most solid foundation of friendship.”
“You don’t believe, then, in love at first sight,” she ventured.
“Let me be dumb rather than so misunderstood!” he cried.