"And you--were Apollo." She saw his eyes change magically, flashing into swift life, and dropped her own before the mastery that dawned there.
"And you," he questioned under his breath, "were Daphne ?" "Perhaps," she said enigmatically.

After all, flirting was not such a difficult art, and since he had declared that there could be no consequences, she did not see why she should bury this new-found talent of hers.
"What a charming dream!" he commented lazily.

"But you know what happened to Daphne when she ran away, don't you ?" She flung him a laughing challenge.

"He didn't catch her anyway." "True!" smiled Sir Eustace.

"But have you never wondered whether it wouldn't have been more sport for her if he had?
It wouldn't be very exciting, you know, to lead the life of a vegetable." "It isn't!" declared Dinah, with abrupt sincerity.
"Oh, you know something about it, do you ?" he said.