'And are you going back with me?' he said after a while.
She shook her head in a way expressive to him of a delightful amount of regret.
'No. Clothilde is going, and we are going to walk by the moor and the wood. We shall get home sooner.'
'Then you have persuaded her. Who would you not persuade to be good and do right? But may I not drive you both?'
'Oh no, Clothilde never would, and what could we say to Dad in explanation if he were home first? And I have not persuaded her, there was no need for persuasion. You must not think too much of me, idealise me or anything of that kind——'
'And what is my name, Commandant?' Borlase broke in, laughing.
'Your name? Geoffry, isn't it? Yes.'
'Well, then, call me Geoff or your commands shall be null.'
'That can wait till next time,' said Anna piquantly.