Why can't she stay with me to-night?
I think it would be splendid to have a girl spend the night with me.

Perhaps I oughtn't to call you a girl, Miss Bannister." Dora's eyes sparkled.

"But I am a girl, just as you are," she exclaimed, "and I should be delighted to stay.

You are very good to propose it.
Herbert is an awfully slow rider (I believe he always walks his horse), and I am sure it would be after dark before the carriage would get here." "Do let her stay," cried Miriam, seizing Dora's arm, as if they had been old friends; "I shall be so glad to have her." Mr.Bannister laughed.
"It is not for me to say what Dora shall do," he replied.

"You two must decide that, and if I go home to report our safety, it will be all right.