8/17 "I'm taller than you are!" he cried, and the next instant could have bitten his tongue off for the childish vanity of the speech. "Measure and see!" And pulling off her hat she caught up a table knife and made him stand with his back to hers. "You're cheating," said Cleggett, laughing now in spite of himself, as she laid the knife across their heads. But his voice broke and trembled on the next words, for he was suddenly thrilled with her delicious nearness. "You're standing on your tiptoes, and your hair's piled on top of your head." "Maybe you are an inch taller," she admitted, with mock reluctance. |