“I believe he will. His objection to Gus was that he looked like a foreigner and never had done a day's work in his life. Poor Gus! He didn't measure up to Dad's idea of a man. Now I suppose you could earn a living for us.”
“I'm not expecting you to take in sewing.”
“Are you going to do the independent if Dad cuts up rough?” she asked saucily.
“Independent is the word.” He smiled with a sudden appreciation of the situation. “And I take it he means to cut up rough. I wired him to-day I was going to ask you to marry me.”
“You didn't.”
“Yes.”
“But wasn't that a little premature? Perhaps it wouldn't have been necessary. Or did you take me for granted?”
“There was always the car for a kidnapping in case of necessity,” he joked.
“Why did you do it?”
“I wanted to be above board about it even if I am an adventurer.”