And so they walked on in silence, which seemed to suit Milla.

She hung weightily upon his arm, and they dawdled, drifting from one side of the pavement to the other as they slowly advanced.

Ablert and Sadie, ahead of them, called "good-night" from a corner, before turning down the side street where Sadie lived; and then, presently, Ramsey and Milla were at the latter's gate.

He went in with her, halting at the front steps.
"Well, g'night, Milla," he said.

"Want to go out walking to-morrow night?
Albert and Sadie are." "I can't to-morrow night," she told him with obvious regret.