said so naively that Lois, too, laughed, exclaiming:
“What modest opinions of themselves have these two boys! Do you hear them, Lana, dubbing each other men?”
“I hear,” said Lana listlessly.
Boyd plucked a long, feathery stalk, and with its tip caressed Lana’s cheeks.
“Spiders!” said he. “Spinning a goblin veil for you!”
“I wish the veil of Fate were as transparent,” said she.
“Would you see behind it if you could?”
She said under her breath:
“I sometimes dream I see behind it now.”