Gillespie's launch was ready when we reached the pier, and after he had handed her into it he plucked my sleeve, and held me for an instant.
"Don't you see how wrong you are! She is superb! She is not only the most beautiful girl in the world, but the dearest, the sweetest, the kindest and best. You have served me better than you know, old man, and I'm grateful!"
In a moment they were well under way and I ran back to the club-house and found Rosalind where I had left her.
"We must go at once," she said. "Father will be very anxious to know how it all came out."
"But what did you think of Buttons?"
"He's very nice," she said.
"Is that all? It doesn't seem conclusive, some way!"
"Oh, he's very kind and gentle, and anxious to please. But I felt like a criminal all the time."
"You seemed to be a very cheerful criminal. I suppose it was only the excitement that kept you going."
"Of course that was it! I was wondering what to call it. I'm afraid the Sisters at the convent would have a less pleasant word for it."