"Georgie"
thing a man doesn't get over, or forget It's the sort of thing—"
Diana lost her temper at last.
"It's the sort of thing which makes a man forget he's a gentleman," said she. "If the prospect of missing your game is the sort of thing to make you go away like this thinking and calling me a—a liar—"
He gathered up the reins impatiently, and she caught her breath.
"Why, then you needn't come back, Georgie," she said.
In a couple of hours Dickie was back again. Red-eyed, Diana came down from her room to demand his news.
"Georgie was wild," he said frankly. "I didn't know he had such a beastly temper. But it's enough to make a chap furious. He drove Peggy at a gallop all the way to Ingraham, and I thought she 'd be down on her knees every minute. My hat, we did whiz along!"
"Well, Dickie—well?"
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