Well, you won't hear me squeal. You've been fair and square with me, and I guess I can take my medicine."
"Now I'm beginning to like you better. I've liked some things about you all the time, even when you irritated me most. I'm sorry we can't be friends, but I see that's out of the question too."
"I'm not so sure. I'll just stick around for a while and see what happens, anyhow. You're the first woman who's ever taken enough interest in me to criticize me, and I think it's a hopeful sign. You engaged to that fellow?"
They had reached the house in Eaton Square.
"That," she said, shaking hands with him, "I prefer not to say."
"Oh, well," he answered, returning to the car, "I just kinder thought I'd ask."
