It's a cornfield." The intruder's eyes travelled over the upstanding sheaves, passed gravely over the man in the punt, and came back to the girl.

"Yes; I see," he said stolidly.
"Then don't you think you'd better go ?" she said.
He put his hat on somewhat abruptly.

"Yes.

I think I had better," he said, and with that he turned on his heel and walked away through the stubble.
"Such impertinence!" said Doris, as she stepped down the bank to her companion.
"It was rather," said Hugh.
She looked at him somewhat sharply.

"I don't see that there is anything to laugh at," she said.
"Don't you ?" said Hugh.
"No.