"Of course--of course I would love to!" she said rather incoherently.

"How could it bore me?
I--I should like it--more than anything." He smiled faintly, and held out his hand for the boots she had just discarded.

"That is more than kind of you," he said.

"My sister was afraid you might not want to come." "Of course I want to come!" maintained Dinah.

"Oh no, thank you; I couldn't let you carry my boots.