Although  he  did  not  succeed  in  discerning  Sylvia,  he  lit  up
his  own  face,  which  she  liked  well  enough  to  suggest  they
should  go  for  a  walk,  making  the  proposal  a  kind  of  test  for
herself  of  Arthur  Madden's  character,  and  deciding  that  if
he  showed  the  least  hesitation  in  accepting  she  would  never
speak  to  him  again.  The  boy,  however,  was  immediately
willing;  the  two  pairs  of  shoulders  vanished;  Sylvia  put
on  her  coat  and  went  down-stairs.
"Going  out  for  a  blow?"  Mr.  Gustard  asked.
Sylvia  nodded.  "With  the  boy  next  door,"  she
answered.
