"
"Is he amiable?" asked Mona, casually.
"Not very; or rather, not always. But he's a dear fellow, and we're
all fond of him. How did you like him, Patty?"
"I thought he was lovely," said Patty, and Van Reypen glared at her.
CHAPTER VII
SUITORS
After supper the whole party went to the large drawing-room to
dance.
Kit Cameron made a bee-line for Patty. "You'll give me the first
dance, won't you?" he said, simply, "because I've stayed away from
you all supper time."
Patty hesitated. "I'm willing, Mr. Cameron," she said, "but for one
thing. I'm awfully exacting in the matter of dancing, and if you're
not a good dancer it would go far to spoil our pleasant
acquaintance. Suppose we don't risk it."
Cameron considered. "I am a good dancer," he said, "but Marie has
told me that you're something phenomenal in that line. So I daresay
you will be disappointed in me. All right, suppose we don't risk
it."
Cameron half turned away, as if he had relinquished the idea of
dancing with Patty, and that young woman was somewhat taken aback.
She had assumed her new friend would insist on dancing with her, and
she had no mind to let him escape thus. She was just about to say,
impulsively, "Oh well, let's try it, anyway," when she caught a
gleam from the corner of his eye, and she realised in a flash that
he felt sure she would call him back!
This was enough for capricious Patty, and she turned away from him,
but not so quickly but that she saw his face suddenly fall, proving
that she had been quite right in her diagnosis of the case.
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