Still-- "Don't you think you might sit a little farther back ?" he suggested carelessly.
"Why ?" "I can't talk to the back of your head." "Talk!" dreamily, "do you really have to talk ?" Naturally the professor was silent.
"That's rude, I suppose," said Desire, suddenly swinging round (a feat which brought Spence's heart into his mouth).

"I don't seem to acquire the social graces very rapidly, do I ?" "I thought," the professor's tone was somewhat stiff, "that we came up here for the express purpose of talking." "Y-es.

You did express some such purpose.

But--must we?
It won't do any good, you know." "I don't know.

And it will do good.