We both laughed heartily, and Boyd added:
"He said it to fright me for my impudence. Trust that man to know a man when he sees one!"
"Meaning yourself?" said I, convulsed.
"And you, too, Loskiel," he said so naively that Lois, too, laughed, exclaiming:
"What modest opinions of themselves have these two boys! Do you hear them, Lana, dubbing each other men?"
"I hear," said Lana listlessly.
Boyd plucked a long, feathery stalk, and with its tip caressed Lana's cheeks.
"Spiders!" said he. "Spinning a goblin veil for you!"
"I wish the veil of Fate were as transparent," said she.
"Would you see behind it if you could?"