“Yes, thank you.”
“You have been treating me very badly, you know, Miss Cardew.”
“I have been frightfully busy.”
“That's not true, and you know it. You've been forbidden to see me, haven't you?”
“I have been forbidden to go back to Cardew Way.”
“They don't know about me, then?”
“There isn't very much to know, is there?”
“I wish you wouldn't fence with me,” he said impatiently. “I told you once I was frank. I want you to answer one question. If this thing rested with you, would you see me again?”
“I think I would, Mr. Akers,” she said honestly.
Had she ever known a man like the one beside her, she would not have given him that opportunity. He glanced sharply around, and then suddenly stopped the car and turned toward her.