But I do now!--oh, yes, I do! Why, I believe that if we had the gloves here, I'd make you fight me or take back what you said about my not having any sporting spirit!" He laughed: "I was thinking of that, too.

You're a good sport, Sis.
Don't bother to take that wager----" "I _do_ take it!" she cried; "it's like old times and I love it.

Now, Scott, I'll show you a boar before we go to town or I'll buy you a horse.

No backing out; what's said can't be unsaid, remember: "King, king, double king, Can't take back a given thing! Queen, queen, queen of queens, What she promises she means!" That was a very solemn incantation in nursery days; she laughed a little in tender tribute to the past.
Scott was a trifle perturbed.

He glanced uneasily at Kathleen, who told him very plainly that he had contrived to make her anxious and unhappy.
Then she fell back into step with Geraldine, letting Scott wander disconsolately forward: "Dear," she said, passing one arm around the younger girl, "I didn't quite dare to object too strongly.