Did I say "_home_ with me"?
That is not strictly true--he always stopped just one block short of "home"-- one block short of my gate.

He evidently had not forgotten Aunt Jane, and did not intend to take any foolish risks! So he said good-bye to me always at a safe distance.
That this savored of deception, or was in any way objectionable, did not seem to have occurred to me.

Even if it had, I doubt very much if my course would have been altered, for I was bewitched and fascinated and thrilled with the excitement of it all.

I was sixteen, remember, and this wonderful Adonis and woman-hater had chosen me, _me!_--and left all the other girls desolate and sighing, looking after us with longing eyes.

Of course, I was thrilled! This went on for perhaps a week.