Butitwasluncheontime，andnotonlyhadhenotasyetsaidawordofallthatwhichhehadcometosay，buthadnotasyetmadeanymovetowardsgettingitsaid。HowwashetoarrangethatLilyshouldbeleftalonewithhim？LadyJuliahadsaidthatsheshouldnotexpecthimbacktilldinner—time，andhehadansweredherlackadaisically，’Idon’tsupposeIshallbethereabovetenminutes。TheminuteswillsayallI’vegottosay，anddoallI’vegottodo。AndthenIsupposeIshallgoandcutnamesaboutbridges——eh，LadyJulia？’LadyJuliaunderstoodthewords；foronce，uponaformeroccasion，shehadfoundhimcuttingLily’snameontherailofawoodenbridgeinherbrother’sgrounds。ButhehadnowbeenacoupleofhoursattheSmallHouse，andhadnotsaidawordofthatwhichhehadcometosay。
’Areyougoingtowalkoutwithusafterlunch？’saidLily。
’Hewillhavehadwalkingenough，’saidMrsDale。
’We’llconvoyhimpartoftheway，’saidLily。
’I’mnotgoingyet，’saidJohnny，’unlessyouturnmeout。’