"Oh, I should love it! In a punt?"
"We can have a punt, if you like; I'll wire to-day for it, and we can drive down and take our lunch. Do you know the river?"
She laughed.
"I've seen it at London Bridge and once at Putney—that's all."
"You've never seen Wargrave?"
"No."
"Good! We'll go there——" Feathers hesitated. "Do you think your aunt would care to come?" He tried to put enthusiasm into the question, but not very successfully. Marie shook her head.
"I am sure she would not. She does not like the river, and she is horribly afraid of small boats. She thinks they are bound to upset."
"They are all right if you know how to manage them. It's all fixed up, then? I'll order the lunch——"
164 She interrupted quickly: "Oh, I can do that; you don't want to have all the bother."