“I pray that you may not always think so.”
“Have you—have you had many friends among women?”
“Never one; unless I may count you as a friend.”
“Oh yes, you may count me—as a friend. Do you care for women?”
“I did not know it until now.”
She laughed. I was glad to have lightened her mood.
“You are odd—you are really very quaint.” She leaned out of the cab. “Where are we? I have not the least idea where you are taking me.”
“To Victoria; to try to catch the Ostend boat.”
“Ostend? Are we going there?”
“I think we’d better.”