"What--Joshua ?" she repeated. "It's saying: 'Hurry up, you silly children, down there! Don't you know that life is a minute and youth a second ?'" And now both his arms were round her and one of her hands lay upon his shoulder. "Life a minute--youth a second," she murmured. "Do you think I'd scratch you horribly if I kissed you--Rita ?" She lowered her eyes but not her face.
"You might try--Josh.".