"You shouldn't speak to strange gentlemen, dear," said Aunt Anne.
But Maggie did not listen.

It was characteristic of Anne Cardinal that she should secure the only four-wheeler in the station, rejecting the taxi-cabs that waited in rows for her pleasure.

Had Maggie only known, her aunt's choice was eloquent of their future life together.

But Maggie did not know and did not care.

Her excitement was intense.