"No."

"Then it would be useless to tell you. And now tell me about the rainbow
lilies, for I am a great lover of flowers."

"Are you? Is it strange you should have a taste common to all human
beings?" she returned with a pretty smile. "But it is easier to ask
questions than to answer them. If you had never seen the sun setting in
glory, or the midnight sky shining with myriads of stars, could you
imagine these things if I described them to you?"

"No."

"That word is an echo, Smith. You must wait for the earth to bring forth
her rainbow lilies, and the heart its love."

"With or without flowers, the world is a paradise to me, with you at my
side, Yoletta. Ah, if you will be my Eve! How sweet it is to walk hand
in hand with you in the twilight; but it was not so nice when you were
scuttling from me like a wild rabbit. I'm glad to find that you do walk
sometimes."

"Yes, sometimes--on solemn occasions."

"Yes? Tell me about these solemn occasions."

"This is not one of them," she replied, suddenly withdrawing her hand
from mine; then with a ringing laugh, she sped from me, bounding down
the hill-side with the speed and grace of a gazelle.