"Well, it was a young man who appeared quite in earnest."
"It wasn't—no, I know it wasn't he—he wouldn't have done that—and it wasn't—" (she pondered) "no, it wasn't he—and it wasn't—" She suddenly paused. "Tell me, what did he say? How did you like him? What did you say to him?"
"So you have settled who it is. Perhaps, you sent him to me?"
"Indeed, I did not, and I don't know who it was. What did you tell him?"
"I told him you were of age——"
"I am not. I am twenty."
"No, I told him you were too young—to think of such a thing——"
"I am twenty," repeated the girl.
"That is what I told him," said Mr. Leigh, "and that I thought you were able to take care of yourself."
The girl rested her chin on his head and went off in a reverie.