They've got one merit, though: they don't try to impose on her too much." "What is your Miss Cameron doing in New York ?" "Having her first look at the town before going to some resort for the summer; perhaps taking a cottage somewhere.

I say, Captain"-- leaning closer--"I wish you didn't feel you had to stick around this apartment so tight.

I'd like to take you out and introduce you to her." Larry could imagine the resulting scene if ever this innocently proposed introduction were given.
"I guess that for the present I'll have to depend upon your reports, Dick." "Well, you can take it from me that she's just about all right!" It was Larry's strange instinct to protect Maggie that prompted his next remark: "You're not just out joy-riding, are you, Dick ?" Dick flushed.

"Nothing of that sort.

She's not that kind of girl.
Besides--I think it's the real thing, Captain." The honest look in Dick's eyes, even more than his words, quieted Larry's fear for Maggie.