A week or two after her first excursion with Bob, Helen one evening occupied a corner of the veranda at the hotel in the woods. Bob experimented with the car engine and Helen noted the patience and care he used. For example, the tools and the parts he took down were put in a row, and Helen imagined when he started the engine all would be replaced. Moreover, she was satisfied the engine would start.
Perhaps she was not logical, but she admitted that his carefulness rather jarred. Helen herself was keen and optimistic; she liked a bold firm stroke and talent that justified a plunge. Had Harry experimented, he would have thrown down the tools in a heap and joked; but it was not important.
Bob’s unconscious pose was good. He was rather lightly built but athletic; his skin was brown and his g
