'I ought not to have allowed such a romp! We are too old now for that sort of thing.' 'I hope you don't think me too--too much of a creeping-round sort of man,' said he in a penitent tone, conscious that he too had lost a little dignity by the proceeding.
'You are too familiar; and I can't have it! Considering the shortness of the time we have known each other, Mr.Smith, you take too much upon you.

You think I am a country girl, and it doesn't matter how you behave to me!' 'I assure you, Miss Swancourt, that I had no idea of freak in my mind.

I wanted to imprint a sweet--serious kiss upon your hand; and that's all.' 'Now, that's creeping round again! And you mustn't look into my eyes so,' she said, shaking her head at him, and trotting on a few paces in advance.

Thus she led the way out of the lane and across some fields in the direction of the cliffs.

At the boundary of the fields nearest the sea she expressed a wish to dismount.