The Hidden Children by Robert William Chambers Chapter 9 Page 9

“But not woodsman enough to spare your shins in the clearing,” she said saucily.

“Shall we sit and talk?” I said.

“Oh, Euan! And my bath! I am fairly melting as I stand here.”

“But I have not seen you for two entire nights, Lois.”

“I know, poor boy, but you seem to have survived.”

“When I do not see you every day I am most miserable.”

“So am I — but I am reasonable, too. I say to myself, if I don’t see Euan today I will nevertheless see him to-morrow, or the day after, or the next, God willing — — ”

“Lois!”