Have you never noticed?
I am waiting for the first man who is brave enough to run away with me." It was on the day following this conversation that she prevailed upon Olga to leave her numerous occupations for an hour or so and motor her over to Brethaven to pay another visit to her old nurse, Mrs.Briggs.
Nick wished to go over to Redlands to sort some papers, and offered his company as far as his own gates.
"You can walk to 'The Ship' from there," he said to Olga.

"It's only half a mile, and after that you can run about the shore and amuse yourselves till I am ready to go back." "Don't get up to mischief!" said Max briefly.
Violet gave him a quick look from under her lashes, but said no word.
It was a hot morning with a hint of thunder in the atmosphere.

With Olga at the wheel, they set off soon after breakfast, leaving Max pumping his bicycle at the surgery-door with grim energy.

He was going to the cottage-hospital that morning, a fact which left the motor at liberty till the afternoon.
Mile after mile of dusty road slid by, and Olga, with her heart in the future, sang softly to herself for sheer lightness of heart.

She had ceased to trouble about Max, since he, quite obviously, had no intention of obtruding himself upon her.