prim expression:

"Did you want to see me very much, Verty?"

"Yes, indeed; I didn't know how much I liked you," said the boy, with
his ingenuous laugh; "the woods didn't look right, and I was always
thinking about you."

Redbud colored slightly, but this soon disappeared, and she laughed in
that low, joyous, musical tone, which characterized her.

"There it is!" said Verty, going through the same ceremony; "that's
one thing I missed."

"What?"

"Your laughing!"

"Indeed!" Redbud said.

"Yes, indeed. I declare, on my word, that I would rather hear you
laugh, than listen to the finest mocking-bird in the world."

"You are very gallant!" said Miss Redbud.

"_Anan_?" said Verty.

"I mean you are very friendly to me, Verty," said Redbud, with a
bright look at his frank face.