“Don’t you think so, Nihla?”
“I don’t want you to go. Anyway, there’s a train every two hours——”
“I’ve a canoe down by the landing. I shall paddle back as I came——”
“A canoe!” she exclaimed, enchanted. “Will you take me with you?”
“To Paris?”
“Of course! Will you?”
“In your ball-gown?”
“I’d adore it! Will you?”
“That is an absolutely crazy suggestion,” he said.