No, I think sometimes I shall run away!' He lifted his eyebrows, and she was annoyed with him for taking her remark as mere bluff.
'You'll see,' she insisted.

'I shall do something desperate.' 'I wouldn't,' he said, quietly.

'Make friends with Miss Bremerton and help her.' 'I don't like her enough,' she said, drawing quick breath.
He saw now she was in a mood to quarrel with him outright.

But he didn't mean to let her.

With those eyes--in such a fire--she was really splendid.