Then she writhed in spirit again . It sounded so bold -- so eager -- as if she were fairly jumping at him ! What would he think of her ? Oh , why did dreadful things like this happen , just when a girl wanted to appear at her best ? Kenneth drew her in among the dancers . `` I think this game ankle of mine is good for one hop around , at least , '' he said . `` How is your ankle ? '' said Rilla . Oh , why could n't she think of something else to say ? She knew he was sick of inquiries about his ankle . She had heard him say so at Ingleside -- heard him tell Di he was going to wear a placard on his breast announcing to all and sundry that the ankle was improving , etc. . And now she must go and ask this stale question again . Kenneth was tired of inquiries about his ankle . But then he had not often been asked about it by lips with such an adorable kissable dent just above them . Perhaps that was why he answered very patiently that it was getting on well and did n't trouble him much , if he did n't walk or stand too long at a time . `` They tell me it will be as strong as ever in time , but I 'll have to cut football out this fall . '' They danced together and Rilla knew every girl in sight envied her . After the dance they went down the rock steps and Kenneth found a little flat and they rowed across the moonlit channel to the sand-shore ; they walked on the sand till Kenneth 's ankle made protest and then they sat down among the dunes . Kenneth talked to her as he had talked to Nan and Di . Rilla , overcome with a shyness she did not understand , could not talk much , and thought he would think her frightfully stupid ; but in spite of this it was all very wonderful -- the exquisite moonlit night , the shining sea , the tiny little wavelets swishing on the sand , the cool and freakish wind of night crooning in the stiff grasses on the crest of the dunes , the music sounding faintly and sweetly over the channel . '' '
A merry lilt o ' moonlight for mermaiden revelry , ' '' quoted Kenneth softly from one XXXXX Walter 's poems .
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