he while she
leaned against her cavalier, was remarking at that very moment that she
thought Midsummer Day the nicest day in all the year for a "weddin'."

"Why?" said Noel.

"All the fairies gets married then," said Peggy.

"Silly little duffers!" said Noel unsympathetically.

She looked at him round-eyed, then slipped a soft hand into his. "Dear
Noel, don't you like weddin's?"

Noel cut short an involuntary sigh. "Not always, Peggy," he said.

"Not when you're best man and I'm chief bridesmaid?" persisted Peggy,
with her cheek against his shoulder.

He laughed, without much gaiety. "Oh, well, of course that makes a
difference," he said.

There was a pause during which Peggy rubbed her cheek up and down his
coat in tender silence. At last coaxingly, "Why didn't you like this
weddin', dear Noel?" she asked.

But at that he broke into a half-shamed laugh and springing up snatched
her high into his arms. "I'll tell you when we're married, Peg-top," he
promised her. "Till then--let's have some fun!"

"Yes, yes!" cried Peggy, laughing down at him alluringly. "Let's have
some fun!"

And that ended the conversation.

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