He noticed that her hair clustered in tiny ringlets about her natty little cap, in quite a maddening way.

One vagrant curl over her ear had a particular fascination for his eyes.

He felt it ought to be tucked in just a shade.

He was conscious of an almost irresistible desire to do the tucking in.

What would happen if-- "Well, are you ready ?" inquired the girl in a quick, businesslike tone.
"What?
Oh, yes," said Barry, recalled to the business of the moment.
During the drive the girl gave her whole attention to her wheel, as indeed was necessary, for the road was dangerously slippery, and she drove without lights through the black night.