Barstow apologized for his suggestion at once, but Hine was now quite unwilling that he should withdraw it.
"There's no harm in it," he cried.

"I really think you are too Puritanical, isn't he, Miss--Miss Sylvia ?" Hine had been endeavoring to pluck up courage to use her Christian name all the evening.

His pride that he had actually spoken it was so great that he did not remark at all her little movement of disgust.
Garratt Skinner seemed to weaken in his resolution.
"Well, of course, Wallie," he said, "I want you to enjoy yourselves.

And if you especially want it--" Did he notice that Sylvia closed her eyes and really shivered?
She could not tell.

But he suddenly spoke in a tone of revolt: "But card-playing on Sunday.