A light smile broke into life and she seemed to be satisfied with the momentary analysis of the man before her.
"It does seem silly to stay below on a night like this.

Shall we sit here ?" She indicated two vacant chairs well forward.

The young lady scorned a steamer rug, so he sat beside her, conscious that, despite her charming presence, he was beginning to feel the air keenly.

But he could not admit it to this slight Englishwoman.
For half an hour or more they sat there, finding conversation easy, strangely interesting to two persons who had nothing whatsoever in common.

He was charmed, delighted with this vivacious girl.