"You fought splendidly," she said.
"We all fought splendidly," replied Hugh John, with a nod of approval which went straight to Cissy's heart, so that the tears sprang into her eyes.
"Oh, you are a nice thing, Hugh John!" she cried impulsively, reaching out her hands to clasp his arm.
"No, I'm not!" said Hugh John, startled and apprehensive. Then without waiting for more he turned hastily away.
But all the same Cissy Carter was very happy that night as she went homeward, and did not speak or even listen when Sammy addressed her several times by the way upon the dangers of war and the folly of love.
