"How can I guess?"
"I'm going to buy an engagement ring." Once more he leered repulsively.
"How nice!" said Natalie, coolly. "Congratulations!"
"Guess who it's for?"
"I couldn't, really."
"It's for you."
"Oh no, it isn't!" Natalie's voice was freezing. "You have made a mistake, a very great mistake, Dan. I like you, but—we won't even mention such things, if you please."
Eliza's entrance saved her further embarrassment, and she quickly made her escape. Dan groaned so deeply as his sister bathed his injuries that she was really concerned.
"Goodness, Danny," she said, "are you as badly hurt as all that?"
"I'm worse," he confessed. "I've just been shot through the heart. Slow music and flowers for me! Arrange for the services and put a rose in my hand, Sis."