`Heisagoodman,MrHuntingdon。IwishIcouldsayhalfasmuchforyou。’
`Oh,Iforgot,youareasaint,too。Icraveyourpardon,dearest——butdon’tcallmeMrHuntingdon,mynameisArthur。’
`I’llcallyounothing——forI’llhavenothingatalltodowithyou,ifyoutalkinthatwayanymore。Ifyoureallymeantodeceivemyauntasyousay,youareverywicked;andifnot,youareverywrongtojestonsuchasubject。’
`Istandcorrected,’saidhe,concludinghislaughwithasorrowfulsigh。`Now,’resumedhe,afteramomentarypause,`letustalkaboutsomethingelse。Andcomenearertome,Helen,andtakemyarm;andthenI’llletyoualone。Ican’tbequietwhileIseeyouwalkingthere。’
Icomplied;butsaidwemustsoonreturntothehouse。