A sad smile crept into his harsh face.
"I shall tell Kenneth if I see him," said he.
At that she frowned.
"But I do not want him," she protested.

"Sooner would I go alone." "Why, then, madam, I'll tell nobody." Was ever man so dull?
she asked herself.
"There is a fine view from the cliffs," said she.
"I have always thought so," he agreed.
She inclined to call him a fool; yet she restrained herself.

She had an impulse to go her way without him; but, then, she desired his company, and Cynthia was unused to having her desires frustrated.

So finding him impervious to suggestion: "Will you not come with me ?" she asked at last, point-blank.
"Why, yes, if you wish it," he answered without alacrity.
"You may remain, sir." Her offended tone aroused him now to the understanding that he was impolite.

Contrite he stood beside her in a moment.
"With your permission, mistress, I will go with you.