"
"Indeed, Mr. Selwyn, I am very grateful to you for opening my eyes
to such a - a - "
"Very deplorable accident," I put in.
"I - I was perfectly certain," she continued, without so much as
glancing in my direction, "that you would never have kept me waiting
without sufficient reason. And now, Mr. Brent, if you will be so
obliging as to take us to the bank, Mr. Selwyn shall row us back - if
he will."
"Delighted!" he murmured.
"I ordered tea served in the orchard at five o'clock," smiled Lizbeth,
"and it is only jest four, so - "
"Which bank would you prefer," I inquired - "The right or the left?"
"The nearest," said Lisbeth.
"Which should you think was the nearest, Mr. Selwyn?" I queried.
Disdaining any reply, Selwyn ran his skiff ashore, and I obediently
followed. Without waiting for my assistance, Lisbeth deftly made
the exchange from one boat to the other, followed more slowly by
Dorothy.
"Come, Reginald, " she said, as Selwyn made ready to push off;
we're waiting for you!" The Imp squatted closer to me.
"Reginald Augustus!" said Lisbeth.
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