“Will you walk with me there?” he asked. “It is not easy to explain this sort of thing—-”
“No. I must go on. You may walk a little way.”
“You are very good.... You see, I cannot tell just why—as you asked. If I knew you well, I could tell you. Yesterday I was quite unromantic—-”
She made it hard for him and did not let him see her smile. “You mean you are romantic to-day?”
Peter laughed. “What a trap—and I was trying so hard to tell you.”
“You were trying—-”
“I don't need to tell you. All there is to say is that I want you to be my friend.”
“I should have to think,” she answered.
“Of course. ... Do you pass here every day?”
“I should have to think,” she said.