“Oh, my dear, don't be humble! You are intelligent! For instance, you're the most thorough doctor——”
He was edging about something he wished to say. He pounced on it:
“You did like those pictures of G. P. pretty well, after all, didn't you!”
“Yes, of course.”
“Wouldn't be so bad to have a glimpse of the old town, would it!”
“No, it wouldn't. Just as I was terribly glad to see the Haydocks. But please understand me! That doesn't mean that I withdraw all my criticisms. The fact that I might like a glimpse of old friends hasn't any particular relation to the question of whether Gopher Prairie oughtn't to have festivals and lamb chops.”
Hastily, “No, no! Sure not. I und'stand.”
“But I know it must have been pretty tiresome to have to live with anybody as perfect as I was.”
He grinned. She liked his grin.
V