" Joe raised her eyebrows
and tapped with her fingers on the arm of the chair.
"Do you think I can ever be bored when I come to see you, Joe?" asked
Ronald, changing his tone.
"You act as if you were, precisely. You know people who are bored are
generally bores themselves."
"Thanks," said Ronald. "How kind you are!"
"Do say something nice, Ronald. You have done nothing but find fault since
you came. Have you heard from home?"
"No. There has not been time yet. Why do you ask?"
"Because I thought you might say something less disagreeable about home
than you seem able to say about things here," said Joe tartly.
"You do not want me this morning. I will go away again," said Ronald with
a gloomy frown. He rose to his feet, as though about to take his leave.
"Oh, don't go, Ronald." He paused. "Besides," added Joe, "Sybil will be
here in a little while."
"You need not offer me Miss Brandon as an inducement to stay with you,
Joe, if you really want me. Twenty Miss Brandons would not make any
difference!"
"Really?" said Joe smiling.
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