For a moment he puzzled over her meaning, then saw it, and was more delighted with her than ever. "I can answer a question of yours, now, that I couldn't a while ago."
"Yes, I know," she returned, quietly.
"But how could you know?"
"It's the question I asked you about whether you were going to Hke hving here," she said. "You're about to tell me that now you know you will like it."
"More telepathy!" he exclaimed. "Yes, that was it, precisely. I suppose the same thing's been said to you so many times that you———"
"No, it hasn't," Alice said, a little confused for the moment. "Not at all. I meant———" She paused, then asked in a gentle voice, "Would you really like to know?"
"Yes."
"Well, then, I was only afraid you didn't mean it."
"See here," he said. "I did mean it. I told you it was being pretty difficult for me to settle down to things again. Well, it's more difficult than you know, but I think I can pull through in fair spirits if I can see a girl like you 'pretty often.'"
"All right," she said, in a business-like tone. "I've told you that you can if you want to."
