30/37 I wish"-- he frowned--"you wouldn't look so done up over it." "Oh! I am all right." "I brought you a book this morning. Mercifully I left it in the drawing-room, so it hasn't been in the lake." He drew it from his pocket. It was a French novel she had expressed a wish to read. He sends it me from Vancouver. Will you promise to read it--and rest ?" He drew a sofa towards the window. |