But yet she could not resent it, for behind it was a masked kindness which deprived it of offence.
She decided to treat the question lightly.

"Perhaps a little of both," she said.

"Besides, it seems scarcely worth while to try to get into the swim now when I am leaving so soon." He made an abrupt movement which seemed to denote suppressed impatience.
"You are too young to say that," he said.
She laughed a little.

"I don't feel young.

I think life moves faster in tropical countries.