"Parker had suggested
the walk, and a girl really does like to stave off a proposal as long
as she can when she knows it is sure to come. Furthermore, it gives
you a chance to describe the hat, and so make up for a few of the
words you lost when she refused to discuss ball-dresses with Mrs.
Willard."
"I never thought of that; but don't you think I worked up to the
proposal skilfully?" asked Harley.
"Very," said I. "But you're dreadfully hard on Parker. It would
have been better to have had the butler fire him out, head over
heels. He could have thrashed the butler for doing that, but with
your heroine his hands were tied."
"Go on and read," said Harley.)
"She must have known what I was driving at," Parker reflected, as he
awaited her return. "Possibly she loves me in spite of this frigid
behavior. This may be her method of concealing it; but if it is, I
must confess it's a case of
'Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But--why did you kick me down-stairs?'
Certainly, knowing, as she now must, what my feelings are, her being
willing to go for a walk on the cliffs, or anywhere, is a favorable
sign.
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