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 Possibly his total lack of consternation disappointed her.

"Then may I hope that—"

"I will remove my unwelcome presence?" he inquired politely. "You may. I'll go in just a minute. As this is to be our final meeting, Miss Burnett, you won't begrudge me another moment, I'm sure. I merely want to say that as it takes two to make a quarrel so it needs two to effect an eternal separation. You hope that we won't meet again, but I hope that we will—many times."

"Let me remind you," she returned, quite as politely, "that it also takes two to effect a meeting."

"Don't think that I mean to annoy you, Miss Burnett. I wouldn't do that for anything in the world. But you mustn't expect me to give up just because you are angry with me at the moment. When you get to thinking it over calmly you'll see that I haven't done anything very dreadful. And I hope that after awhile you'll be will-