"For me? Not serious at all."
"But for him?"
"How can I tell? Isn't it likely to be serious for any of the unprotected young of your species when a Great American Pumess gets after him?" she queried demurely.
"But you can't know him very well. He's been here only a few weeks, hasn't he?"
"More than a month. And from the first he's gone everywhere."
"That's quite unusual for your set, isn't it? I thought you rather prided yourselves on being careful about outsiders."
"No one's an outsider whom Jinny Willard vouches for. Besides every one likes Hal Surtaine for himself."
"You among the number?"
"Yes, indeed," she responded frankly. "He's attractive. And he seems older and more—well—interesting than most of the boys of my set."
"And that appeals to you?"