And so I test it." "Yes ?" She threw in this interjected query simply because she did not know what to say.

She thought he was talking very oddly, and wondered whether he was quite sane.
"Yes," he echoed; "I test it.

And, Lucy, I think so highly of you, and esteem you as so very fair a pearl of womanhood, that I am inclined to test you just as I would a priceless gem.

Do you object ?" She glanced up at him flutteringly, vaguely surprised.

The corners of his mouth relaxed into the shadow of a smile, and she was reassured.
"Object?
Of course not! As if I should object to anything you wish!" she said amiably.