Her voice was a little checked, and again she leaned forward upon him, this time so as to hide her face.
Winthrop set down the nuts and drew her more close, and his lips kissed the little blue and white temple which was all of her face he could get at.
"It's best I should go, Winnie," he said.
"O I know you must."
"I will have a house one of these days and you shall come and keep it for me."
She sat up and shook away a tear or two, and laughed, but her speech was not as jocular as she meant it to be.
"What a funny housekeeper I should make!"
"The best in the world. You shall study, and I will knit the socks."
"O Governor! What do you know about knitting socks?"
"I know who has knit mine ever since I have been at
Shagarack."