"Bully!" remarked Bessie as spitefully as she could, which was not a little.
"Did I hear aright?" asked Moore. "Did I hear some one call me a bully?"
"Please, oh, please, give me--that!" she pleaded, but Moore was not to be turned aside from his march to triumph.
"Did I hear some one say 'Tom, I am truly sorry for my crossness to-night'?" he asked.
"I won't say it," she declared, but her voice lacked determination.
"I really must be going," said Moore, taking a step towards the door.
She gave a squeal of terror.
"I will, I will!" she cried.
"I hope so, Bessie," he replied, pausing.
"Tom, I am truly sorry for the cross things you have said to me to-night."