It was for this he had gone to Mount Holyoke; and in spite of Rose's endeavors to make him talk, he was unusually silent all the way, and when they at last reached Chicopee, he highly offended the young lady by assisting Jenny to alight instead of herself.
"I should like to know what you are thinking about," she said rather pettishly, as she took his offered hand to say good-bye.
With a roguish look in his eye, George replied, "I've been thinking of a young lady.

Shall I tell you her name ?" Rose blushed, and looking interestingly embarrassed answered, that of course 'twas no one whom she knew.
"Yes, 'tis," returned George, still holding her hand and as Aunt Martha, who was jealously watching his movements from the window, just then called out to him "to jump in, or he'd be left," he put his face under Rose's bonnet, and whispered, "Mary Howard!" "Kissed her, upon my word!" said Aunt Martha with a groan, which was rendered inaudible to Ida by the louder noise of the engine..