I may not--just now." "Whenever you choose," I answered, "I shall be ready to hear.

Whenever you need my services, they are yours." "You do trust me a little, then ?" she asked quickly.
"Implicitly!" I answered.
"You do not mind," she continued, "that I tell you once more that I am going out, and that I must go out alone ?" "Why, no!" I answered.

"If you do not need me, there is an end of it." "You are very good to me," she said.

"Perhaps this afternoon, if you have a few minutes to spare, we might talk, eh ?" "At any time you say," I answered.
"At four o'clock, then," she said, "you will come here and sit with me for a little time.

Perhaps this evening, if you have nothing to do--" she asked.
"I have nothing to do," I interrupted promptly.
"I do not know how I shall feel," she said, "about going out, but I would like to see you, anyhow." "I shall come," I promised her.