"Nothing at all; never was in better health in my life, thank you."
"Why didn't you get the flowers, then, as you said you would?"
"I didn't say so; you said it. I should have got them, if I hadn't been afraid you would forget I was on shore, and go on board without me."
"What put that into your silly head?"
"You did."
"No, I didn't."
"I don't like to contradict a gentleman; but I had not gone three rods before you shoved the boat into the water, without troubling yourself to wash it out."
"What were you watching me for?" demanded he.
"Because I was afraid you would forget me, as I said."
"What do you mean? What makes you so suspicious?"