He had finished before the absurdity of the situation dawned upon him, and with absurdity came the humor of it.

Even dying, Kent could not fail to see the funny side of a thing It struck him as suddenly as had the girl's beauty and her bewildering and unaffected ingenuousness.
Looking at him, that same glow of mysterious questioning in her eyes, the girl found him suddenly laughing straight into her face.
"This is funny.

It's very funny, Miss--Miss--" "Marette," she supplied, answering his hesitation.
"It's funny, Miss Marette." "Not Miss Marette.

Just Marette," she corrected.
"I say, it's funny," he tried again.

"You see, it's not so terribly pleasant as you might think to--er--be here, where I am, dying.