"Yes?"
"Isn't that reason enough?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I like to choose my friends for myself."
"Won't you choose me?"
She smiled up at him. "Of course; don't be silly."
After that they got on famously. Justin exerted himself to please, and Bettina, with shining eyes, laughed softly in response to his clever wit.
Sara Duffield watched and wondered. Justin had of late seemed her especial property. Yet she had heard him offer to take this strange young woman in his aeroplane, and he had never taken Sara.
"Who is she?" Sara asked of Bobbie, who was next to her.