"And yet you know how I have offered to be." "Well," observed Clifford, by way of response, "there comes the buggy." "Never mind the buggy.

Do you know I am going away ?" "Do you mean now ?" "I mean in a few days.

I leave this place." "You are going back to Europe ?" "To Europe, where you are to come and see me." "Oh, yes, I 'll come out there," said Clifford.
"But before that," Eugenia declared, "you must come and see me here." "Well, I shall keep clear of that back room!" rejoined her simple young kinsman.
The Baroness was silent a moment.

"Yes, you must come frankly--boldly.
That will be very much better.

I see that now." "I see it!" said Clifford.