“Oh, please don’t pay any attention to what Everett says about me. He’s liable to tell you anything. What—what did he say?”
“Oh, I reckon he was just fooling. He said—he said you said——”
“Oh, dear!” sighed Betty. “More Emerson!”
“That I was a nice boy, but frightfully cheeky.”
“The idea! I never said anything of the kind. What I did say——”
“Please tell me, won’t you?”
“No, I shan’t. It wasn’t anything, really. But you mustn’t pay any attention to Everett. He’s——”
“A nice boy, but untruthful?”
“Yes,” laughed Betty. “We must go back now.”