“Are you going to beware of me?”

“No.”

He kissed her threateningly: “What do you suppose my aunt would think if she knew you had once been my guest over night?”

“I told her.”

“What!” he exclaimed.

“But, Barry, I couldn’t allow her to be so friendly unless she understood what sort of girl I am.”

“You didn’t tell her about the Park, also?”

“I did.”

“How did she take it?”

“She said such severe things about you—I was quite annoyed!... Dreadful things, darling——”