Besides, it's holiday-time." "But, mademoiselle," he persisted, "if it should become serious!" "Oh, it won't," she said lightly.

"I shall be all right.

Nothing ever happens to me." "Nothing ?" he questioned, with an answering smile.
She was hobbling over the stones with his assistance.

"Nothing interesting, I assure you," she said.
"Except when mademoiselle goes to the cavern of the fairies to look for the magic knight ?" he suggested.
She threw him a merry glance.

"To be sure! I will come and see you again some day when the tide is low.