"Do you believe that was the reason I took you away?" asked Marjorie.
"I do," answered John firmly. "And," he continued, "if I had been in the petticoats of a girl, you would never have noticed me at all."
"Why?" Marjorie queried.
"Sure, and the Good People do be wanting the boys to work for themselves. They'll not be noticing girls, and they so weak!" John answered.
Marjorie frowned. Then she said, "But I have not made you work."
John looked at her quickly and replied, "Och, no! But 'tis willing I am to work for you now. Only—" He hesitated.
"Only what, John?" asked the girl.
"I'll not be wanting to stay away forever from my mother and father," was the reply.