“You don’t care then to pass it on.�

“No.�

Again they rode for several rods in silence, while Tibby, with wicked insistence, punished the balsam-weeds and kept her face turned from her companion.

“Miss Tibby.�

“Tabitha, if you please.�

“Miss Waring.�

“Ah, you are improving.�

“Is this our last ride?�

“I hope not,� she replied, looking about her in feigned alarm. “You are not expecting the day of judgment?�

“Why not? We know not the day nor the hour—�