When Arthur again turned to her, butting her as a lamb butts a ewe, Hewet and Rachel retreated without a word.

Hewet felt uncomfortably shy.
"I don't like that," said Rachel after a moment.
"I can remember not liking it either," said Hewet.

"I can remember--" but he changed his mind and continued in an ordinary tone of voice, "Well, we may take it for granted that they're engaged.

D'you think he'll ever fly, or will she put a stop to that ?" But Rachel was still agitated; she could not get away from the sight they had just seen.

Instead of answering Hewet she persisted.
"Love's an odd thing, isn't it, making one's heart beat." "It's so enormously important, you see," Hewet replied.