“North? I? Never!”
“Oh!” said Kitty.
“North!” he repeated witheringly. “I’m not such an idiot! I lost you twice, Kitty, and now—now I’m not going to let you out of my sight!”
“I fear you’ll have to,” she laughed, with a shake of her head, “at least as far as the house.”
“I shall follow!”
“You mustn’t.”
“But you said your uncle——”