Then you can take as much or as little as you like of what's left." Arrived at the top, he halted for a long breath.

They stood facing each other.

"My, what a tall girl you are for your age!" said he admiringly.
She laughed up at him.

"I'll be as tall as you when I get my growth." She was so lovely that he could scarcely refrain from telling her so.

It seemed to him, however, it would be taking an unfair advantage to say that sort of thing when she was in a way at his mercy.