There was something about her that made him uneasy.
"You can send me away at once," he said, "if you don't want me.

You needn't mind my feelings, you know." "Send you away!" she said.

"I!" He gave her a sudden, keen look, and held out his hand to her.

"Never mind the rest of the world, Phyllis," he said, very gravely.

"Let them say what they like, dear.