'I have been working very hard.'
'Of course you have, Larry.'
'And I am very hot.'
'I do not doubt it.'
'How cool you are, Honor!'
'I—cool!' she looked at him with surprise. 'On the contrary, I am very warm.' She had no perception that he pleaded for praise.
'Larry,' said Kate, 'you were right to press us into service. It will rain to-morrow.'
'How do you know that?'
'Because you are working to-day.'
Quick as thought, he threw some hay strands round her head, and kissed both her rosy cheeks.