"You wish to save my feelings," she laughed. "But I am really taller!"
"By an inch—she told me that!"
"Then you have seen her more than once?"
"Yes; more than twice even."
"Then you must tell me wherein we are alike; I should really like to know."
"I have told you I can't; it's beyond my poor powers. I will tell you this, though—"
"Well?"
"That I think you both delightful."
"I am disappointed in you. I thought you a man of courage, Mr. Donovan."
"Even brave men falter at the cannon's mouth!"