"Let us go down," he said.
They went down to the garden below the terrace, walking side by side, in silence.

They stood at the edge of the lake together, and presently they talked--talked of a hundred things in which neither were greatly interested.

A few people drifted up and were introduced.

Then Bertie came running down, and their _tete-a-tete_ was finally at an end.
They were far away from one another during luncheon, and when the meal was over Nap disappeared.

He never concerned himself greatly about his brother's guests.
At Bertie's persuasion Anne had brought skates, and she went down with him to the lake in the afternoon, where they skated together till sunset.