Yet he was not glad of that ready sympathy.
"Well," she said at last, "you have nothing to tell me." "What can I say"-- he laughed awkwardly--"that I have not already said?
We have been brought up like brother and sister, but our elders always expected us to marry when we should be old enough.

We have been taking it easy, Nell and I; thought there was plenty of time, you know." "And at last you have decided that the plenty of time is up ?" she said, filling the gap in his speech.

Her eyes were wondering now.

It was a strange thing to her that lovers should take it easy.
"Yes, that was it." "Of course, I understand now why you felt you had to go that Thursday in Holy Week.

It was very good of you to give us so much of your time." "You didn't tell me how you got on, what you did," he said eagerly.