'Do you remember the first time that I read you this ?' And he turned the speech into free prose.

Amy laughed.
'I remember it well enough.

We were alone in the drawing-room; I had told the others that they must make shift with the dining-room for that evening.

And you pulled the book out of your pocket unexpectedly.

I laughed at your habit of always carrying little books about.' The cheerful news had brightened her.