With a suppressed laugh she sat down beside him.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," she said, "to play me such a
trick. But, oh, how happy they look!"
"I am ashamed of myself, my dear, lady," he said; "but I should have
been more ashamed of myself if I hadn't. Do they look happy? We will go
in and see presently. It will be my great reward. But I should like to
give them another five minutes, dear lady, for I assure you, on my word
of honour, that I was once young myself."