As soon as he had attracted her attention he ceased to shout, and devoted all his attention to reaching her quickly.

Nevertheless, the salt water was within a few feet of her when he drove his pole into the bottom, and brought the punt to a momentary standstill.

She looked down at him, smiling.
"Shall I get in ?" she asked.
"Unless you are thinking of swimming back," he answered drily, "it would be as well." She lifted her skirts a little, and laughed at the inappropriateness of her thin shoes and open-work stockings.

Andrew de la Borne held out his strong hand, and she sprang lightly on to the broad seat.
"It is very nice of you," she said, with her slight foreign accent, "to come and fetch me.

Should I have been drowned ?" "No!" he answered.