Thank you, Miss Lawless." He hesitated a second and then dropped his voice.

"I wonder if I dare--I wonder if it would be cheek--and impudence if I said something else ?" "Scarcely anything seems cheek or impudence now," Robin answered with simple sadness.

"Nothing ordinary seems to matter because _everything_ is of so much importance." "I feel as if what I wanted to say was one of the things that _are_ important.

I don't know what--older people--or safe ones--would think about it, but--" He broke off and began again.

"To _us_ young ones who are facing-- It's the only big thing that's left us--in our bit of the present.