"I trust you will have no occasion, Miss Denham, to be anything but amiable, and that you will begin by granting me a favor. Will you?"
"Cela depend."
"There you go into French! I haven't offended you?"
"Oh, no. What is the favor?—in English."
"That you will let me call you Miss Ruth, instead of Miss Denham."
"I haven't the slightest objection, Mr. Lynde."
"And now I want you"—
"What, another favor?"
"Of course. Who ever heard of one favor?"
"To be sure! What is the second?"