"Let yourself in for it that time, my child! Here comes Bertie to effect a formal introduction." "Bertie won't introduce him," she said quickly.
Bertie, looking very handsome and stalwart, was already close to them.

He leaned down from the saddle to shake hands.
"Are you following on foot?
I wish I was.

Never thought of it till this moment." "I would much rather follow on horseback," Dot declared, looking as if she did not believe him.
He laughed.

"I'll take you in front of me if you'll come." "No.

I shouldn't like that," said Dot very decidedly.
"How can you possibly know till you try ?" Dot looked up at him with the sunshine in her clear eyes.