His brown, resolute face attracted her irresistibly.
She allowed a considerable pause to ensue before she went to the inevitable attack.

Somehow, notwithstanding his surliness, she had not the faintest desire to quarrel with him.
"You're very grumpy to-night," she remarked at length in her cheery young voice.

"What's the matter ?" He started and looked intensely uncomfortable.
"Nothing--of course!" he said.
"Why of course?
I wonder.

With me it's the other way round.

I am never cross without a reason." Audrey was still cheery.
He smiled faintly.
"I congratulate you," he said.
Audrey smiled also.