"We'll stay at home together." His tone was brief, but it thrilled her.

She was afraid to speak for a moment or two lest he should see her strange agitation.
Then, as he still looked at her, "Oh no, partner," she said lightly.

"That wouldn't be the same thing at all.

I am much too fond of my own company to object to solitude.

I only thought I would like to come, too.