I've done well--very well, for a beginning." And he gave her hand his usual firm, uncomfortable clasp, and rushed away.
She walked up and down full fifteen minutes before she went toward the house.

At the veranda Lucia intercepted her.

"Did he ?" she asked anxiously.
Margaret looked at her vaguely, then smiled.

"No, he did not." "He didn't ?" exclaimed Lucia, at once disappointed and relieved.
"Not yet," said Margaret.

She laughed, patted Lucia's full-blown cheek.
"Not quite yet." And she went on in to tea, humming to herself gayly; she did not understand her own sudden exceeding high spirits..