"I placed it face downwards.

Let me change it." Again he helped her as she jumped up on the board room table.

This time his hand lingered a little longer in hers and she did not withdraw it so soon.

When she did there was a quick twinkle in her eyes as she straightened the microphone and offered her hand to him again.
"Jump!" he said, as if daring her.
A moment she paused.

"I never could take a dare," she answered.
She leaped lightly to the floor.