"I suppose so."
"Well, if you must go, you may as well dance with me as with anybody. So tell anybody else that you are engaged. I will take care of you."
"Don't you wish to dance with anybody except me?"
"I do not," said Preston, slowly. "As I said, it is too hot. I consider the whole thing a bore."
"You shall not be bored for me," I said. "I refuse to dance with you. I hope I shall not see you there at all."
"Daisy!"
"Well?"
"Come down and take a little walk with me."
"You said it is too hot."