so."

"But why? Where are you going?"

"Back to America. My boat sails from Cherbourg tomorrow."

"Oh, my aunt!"

"I'm sorry," said Sally, touched by his concern. She was a warm-hearted
girl and liked being appreciated. "But..."

"I say..." Ginger Kemp turned bright scarlet and glared before him at
the uniformed official, who was regarding their tete-a-tete with the
indulgent eye of one who has been through this sort of thing himself. "I
say, look here, will you marry me?"

2

Sally stared at his vermilion profile in frank amazement. Ginger, she
had realized by this time, was in many ways a surprising young man, but
she had not expected him to be as surprising as this.

"Marry you!"

"You know what I mean."

"Well, yes, I suppose I do. You allude to the holy state. Yes, I know
what you mean."

"Then how about it?"

Sally began to regain her composure. Her sense of humour was tickled.
She looked at Ginger gravely. He did not meet her eye, but continued to
drink in the uniformed official, who was by now so carried away by
the romance of it all that he had begun to hum a love-ballad under his
breath. The official could not hear what they were saying, and would not
have been able to understand it even if he could have heard; but he was
an expert in the language of the eyes.

"But isn't this--don't think I am trying to make difficulties--isn't
this a little sudden?"

"It's got to be sudden," said Ginger Kemp, complainingly. "I thought you
were going to be here for weeks."

"But, my infant, my babe, has it occurred to you that we are practically
strangers?" She patted his hand tolerantly, causing the uniformed
official to heave a tender sigh. "I see what has happened," she said.
"You're mistaking me for some other girl, some girl you know really
well, and were properly introduced to. Take a good look at me, and
you'll see."

"If I take a good look at you," said Ginger, feverishly, "I'm dashed if
I'll answer for the consequences."

"And this is the man I was going to lecture on 'Enterprise.'"

"You're the most wonderful girl I've ever met, dash it!" said Ginger,
his gaze still riveted on the official by the door "I dare say it is
sudden. I can't help that. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you,
and there you are!"

"But..."

"Now, look here, I know I'm not much of a chap and all that, but...
well, I've just won the deuce of a lot of money in there..."

"Would you buy me with your g