They went out . It was very cool and dusky . The lights of the town twinkled out below them , and the prairie bluffs behind them were dark and sibilant . `` I am going to drive over to Loon Lake tomorrow afternoon to look into affairs there , '' said Spencer . `` Will you go with me ? '' Violet reflected a moment . `` You did n't ask me as if you really wanted me to go , '' she said . Spencer put his hand over the white fingers that rested on the railing . He bent forward until his breath stirred the tendrils of hair on her forehead . `` Yes , I do , '' he said distinctly . `` I want you to go with me to Loon Lake tomorrow more than I ever wanted any thing in my life before . '' Later on , when everybody had gone , Violet had her bad quarter of an hour with Mrs. Hill . That lady felt herself aggrieved . `` I think you treated poor Ned very badly tonight , Vi . He felt really blue over it . And it was awfully bad form to go out with Spencer as you did and stay there so long . And you ought n't to flirt with him -- he does n't understand the game . '' `` I 'm not going to flirt with him , '' said Miss Thayer calmly . `` Oh , I suppose it 's just your way . Only do n't turn the poor fellow 's head .
By the way , Ned is coming up XXXXX his camera tomorrow afternoon to take us all . ''
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