NOT SAM'S FAULT THIS TIME No, Miss Stevens was sorry that she could not go walking with him that morning, which was the morning after the dance.

She was very polite about it, too; almost too polite.

Her voice over the telephone was as suave and as limpid as could possibly be, but there was a sort of metallic glitter behind it, as it were.
No, she could not see him that afternoon either.

She had made a series of engagements, in fact, covering the entire day.

Also, she regretted to say, upon further solicitation, that she had made engagements covering the entire following day.
No, she was not piqued about his last night's forgetfulness; by no means; certainly not; how absurd! She quite understood.