she said . `` No . I have n't been here for some time . I came up tonight to see the Major about the Loon Lake trouble . '' `` Otherwise you would n't have come , '' thought Violet . `` Flattering -- very ! '' Aloud she said , `` Is it serious ? '' `` Oh , no . A mere squabble among the Indians . Have you ever visited the Reservation , Miss Thayer ? No ? Well , you should get some of your M.P. friends to take you out . It would be worth while . '' `` Why do n't you ask me to go yourself ? '' said Violet audaciously . Spencer smiled again . `` Have I failed in politeness by not doing so ? I fear you would find me an insufferably dull companion . '' So he was not going to ask her after all . Violet felt piqued .
She was also conscious of a sensation very near akin XXXXX disappointment .
So Spencer about after among for of squabble to while