Then when he had taken the place beside her she turned toward him very frankly, and he looked up to encounter her beautiful direct gaze.
"What is disturbing our friendship ?" she asked.

"Do you know?
I don't.

I went to my room after luncheon and lay down on my bed and quietly deliberated.

And do you know what conclusion I have reached ?" "What ?" he asked.
"That there is nothing at all to disturb our friendship.

And that what I said to you on the beach was foolish.