“Gone!—well—”
“Well what, good Sprite?”
“Is that all?”
“Yes, my very good Sprite. What then?”
“I may be allowed to criticise?”
“Certainly.”
“I do not like your story. It is not—”
“No!”
“It is neither well expressed, nor well arranged, nor at all satisfactory. The sequel! Were they, Frank and Nina, married? What’s a story without a wedding?”
“The sequel thou shalt have; the wedding too. They were married, just three weeks after the arbor scene—Frank and Nina.”