May I ?" "You accepted, I suppose ?" demanded the Colonel.
"I said I thought I might," Dinah admitted.

And then very suddenly she caught a kindly gleam in his eyes, and summoned courage for entreaty.

"Do please--please--let me go!" she begged, clasping his arm.

"I shan't ever have any fun again when this is over." "How do you know that ?" said the Colonel gruffly.

"Yes, you can go--you can go.