Are you, sorry you came ?" "No," said Kit.

"I came because I wanted, and now I'm here I'll stop." "I really think you mean to be nice," Grace rejoined with amusement and Kit understood; she saw he did not mean to admit that she had suggested the adventure, but this was not important.

It was something of an adventure for a girl like Miss Osborn, although her having embarked on it gave him a delightful feeling of partnership in a harmless folly.
"I hope there's nothing in the way," he said.

"We're going very fast and Hindbeck farm can't be far off.

I ought to have looked before we jumped." "It is too late now," Grace answered with an excited laugh.