"Oh no, not at all," William answered, a little uneasily. "I was thinking that it was a little bit unusual."
"It is unusual, no doubt."
"And to take you along and say, 'My cousin is very anxious to know you,' would be to let the cat out of the bag at the start."
"Do you think so?"
"Don't you think so, now? There must be a reason for everything. And the very first question Miss Penlogan would ask herself would be, 'Why does this young man want to know me?'"
"Well, I don't know that that would matter. Indeed, it might help me along."
"But when you got to know her better you might not care for her quite so much."
"Do you really think that?"
"Well, no. The chances are the other way about. Only there is no accounting for people, you know."
"I don't think I am fickle," Sam answered seriously.