"But I haven't got an evenin' dress. Does it matter?"
"Not in the least, but--"
"Will this one do?"
"It's very charming--still--"
"Stains and all?"
"My dear Peg--"
"Perhaps they'll rub out. It's the prettiest one me aunt gave me--
an' I put it on to-night--because--I thought you--that is, SOMEONE
might come here to-night. At least, I HOPED he would, an' ye've
come!" Suddenly she broke out passionately: "Oh, ye must take me! Ye
must! I haven't had a bit of pleasure since I've been here. It will
be wondherful. Besides I wouldn't rest all night with you dancin'
over there an' me a prisoner over here."
"Now, Peg--" he tried to begin--
"It's no use, I tell ye. Ye've GOT to take me. An' if it goes
against yer conscience to do it, I'LL take YOU. Stop, now! Listen!
The moment they're all in bed, an' the lights are all out I'll creep
down here an' out through those windows an' you'll meet me at the
foot o' the path. An' it's no use ye sayin' anythin' because I'm
just goin' to that dance. So make up yer mind to it." Jerry laughed
uncomfortably. She was quite capable of doing such a thing and
getting herself into a great deal of unnecessary trouble. So he
tried to dissuade her. He laughed cheerfully.
"There may not be any occasion to do such a wild, foolish thing.
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