"Patty Fairfield!" he exclaimed, "what does this mean? Why are you
here? I expected--oh, I beg your pardon--I--I'm aw-awfully glad to
see you."
Adele and Daisy, watching them, were convulsed at Cameron's baffled
surprise. They could almost hear what he said. They could see how he
tried to pull himself together, and they could see Patty speechless
with laughter, as she enjoyed the joke on Kit.
"What are YOU doing in Maple Bank?" she said, as soon as she could
speak for laughing.
Kit looked at her gravely. "I came expressly to meet a girl in a
white frock and pink roses. I don't see any other around, so--it
might as well be you!"
"You needn't try to turn it off so carelessly," said Patty. "Own up
that you're caught! What was your girl's name?"
"Belle--My Belle--" And Cameron rolled his eyes in such soulful
manner, that Patty went off in another paroxysm.
"Oh, you Joke King, you! Nobody can trick you, can they? Do you own
up?"
"Own up what? that I'd rather see you than any other belle?
Certainly, I'll own that. But my time is up. You know we were only
to gaze once into each other's eyes and then part forever!" And Kit
gazed into her eyes as if it were indeed the last time.
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