She smiled demurely, and walked slowly on.
“You see,” he said, moving easily beside her, “if you were a man it would be different.”
“It would certainly!” she agreed.
“A man would not want any attention,” he said.
“Nor do I!” she said. “You give it without being asked for it.”
“Do I?” He appeared mildly surprised. “Now that’s curious,—v-e-r-y curious!”
He seemed quite entranced in the contemplation of this novel phase of his own conduct. He glanced at her sideways when she was not looking at him.
“Delicious!” he murmured.
She turned her head quickly.
“What did you say?” she asked.