"But let me walk with you now." "You may do as you like." She moved slowly along the road, and Acton went with her.

Presently he said, "If I had done as I liked I would have come to see you several times." "Is that invented ?" asked Eugenia.
"No, that is natural.

I stayed away because"-- "Ah, here comes the reason, then!" "Because I wanted to think about you." "Because you wanted to lie down!" said the Baroness.

"I have seen you lie down--almost--in my drawing-room." Acton stopped in the road, with a movement which seemed to beg her to linger a little.

She paused, and he looked at her awhile; he thought her very charming.