You could have gotten out quite easily, couldn't you ?" "I presume likely I could.

But, you see, ma'am, I had a feelin' that I'd ought to stay." Mrs.Dunn laughed lightly.

"Ah me!" she exclaimed; "you felt it your duty, I suppose.

Oh, you New England Puritans!" She shook her head in playful mockery.

Then she added, "But, at all events, it cannot be so very disagreeable--now.