I'll act confused, self-conscious.

I'll make them think you are a much dearer friend than I have pretended, so far; dearer, even, than I can hope you ever will be." "That wouldn't be fair." "There are occasions when everything is fair.

Perhaps these store people know something--" "Nothing whatever." "Then, for Heaven's sake, release me from my pledge!" Gray spoke desperately.

"When I return, permit me to ask those thousand questions, and what others occur to me.

Won't you ?" The girl pondered this request briefly, then smiled.