I wonder if-- Hello! There's Katherine." Freddie did some rapid-fire thinking in the next half-minute, with the result that Constance Fowler was banished forever from his calculations and Katherine Rodney restored to her own.

So long as he could not possibly win Constance he figured that he might just as well devote himself to the girl he was virtually engaged to marry.

Freddie's was a convenient and adaptable constancy.

Miss Fowler out of sight was also out of mind; he descended upon Katherine with all of the old ardour shining in his eyes.

It was soon after Miss Rodney's conference with her mother, and the young lady was off for a walk in the town.
"Hello, Katherine," called he, coming up from behind.