I don't think I mean fairies, and I can't explain what 'all that' stands for, but I know I should have been warped if I hadn't turned round and seen you." And she laughed and set him laughing, and the reason of their having met was waved aside.

The fact remained that there they were--youth with youth, and that was good enough.
III There was a touch of idealism hidden away somewhere in Martin's character.

A more than usually keen-eyed boy had once called him "the poet" at school.

In order that this dubious nickname should be strangled at birth, there had been an epoch-making fight.

Both lads came out of it in a more or less unrecognizable condition, but Martin reestablished his reputation and presently entered Yale free from the suspicion of being anything but a first-rate sportsman and an indisputable man.
There Martin had played football with all the desired bullishness.