"You see, we could--explore about here--and,"-- he ended rather lamely,--"it's a lovely country." "We've seen a lot of it.

It IS lovely," she said, her eyes upon his face as if appraising him.

"I should like to know you better," she added, with sudden and characteristic frankness, "so I think we will stay.

But you will have to be awfully good to me." "Why, of course," he cried.

"That's splendid! Perfectly jolly!" "Then we had better find father and tell him.