"Indeed, I have not; have I, Julia?"
"Miss Davis has certainly promised me," said the lieutenant.
"I have made no promise, and don't think I shall go at all," said
Julia, who was sometimes inclined to imagine that Captain Ewing
should be her own property.
All which and much more of the kind Maurice Cumming could not hear;
but he could see--and imagine, which was worse. How innocent and
inane are, after all, the flirtings of most young ladies, if all
their words and doings in that line could be brought to paper! I do
not know whether there be as a rule more vocal expression of the
sentiment of love between a man and woman than there is between two
thrushes! They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct
rather than by reason.
"You are going home with the ladies to-night, I believe," said
Maurice to Miss Jack, immediately after dinner. Miss Jack
acknowledged that such was her destination for the night.
"Then my going back to Spanish Town at once won't hurt any one--for,
to tell the truth, I have had enough of this work."
"Why, Maurice, you were in such a hurry to come.
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