You're going, then ?" "I've given my word, Maisie," I said.

"And you'll see there'll be no harm, and I'll give you a tap at the window as I pass your house coming back.

And we'll do grand things with that ten pounds, too." "I'll never close my eyes till I hear you, then," she replied.

"And I'll not be satisfied with any tap, neither.

If you give one, I'll draw the blind an inch, and make sure it's yourself, Hughie." We settled it at that, with a kiss that was meant on my part to be one of reassurance, and presently we parted, and I went off to get my bicycle in readiness for the ride..