28/48 Adam looked at her so fully and so long that she blushed a little. She could not read the thought behind his blue eyes. "You shall be my Queen if you like," he said at last, and Jacqueline laughed, thinking his speech the woodsman's attempt to say a pretty thing. "Jacqueline, this is another good friend of mine--Miss Lavinia Mocket, the sister of my law partner .-- Vinie, Vinie, you _are_ shyer than a partridge! You shan't scuttle away until you have spoken to my wife!" "Yeth, thir," said Vinie, her hand in Jacqueline's. "I wish you well, ma'am." Rand and Adam laughed. |