She called me 'Poor little Dinah!' only to-night.

How would you like to be called that ?" "Most people call me Stumpy," observed Scott, with his whimsical little smile.
"How rude of them! How horrid of them!" said Dinah.

"And do you actually put up with it ?" He bent with her over the jewel-case, and picked out the coral chain.

"I don't care the toss of a halfpenny," he said.
She gave him a quick, searching glance.

"Not really?
Not in your secret heart ?" "Not in the deepest depth of my unfathomable soul," he declared.
"Then you're a great man," said Dinah, with conviction.
Scott's laugh was one of genuine amusement.