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"I wish I had, for as sure as there is a God in heaven, if he

ever does you any wrong, I shall kill him."

She looked at him in horror. He repeated his words. They cut the

air like a dagger. The people round began to gape. A lady

standing close to her tittered.

"Come away, Jim; come away," she whispered. He followed her

doggedly as she passed through the crowd. He felt glad at what he

had said.

When they reached the Achilles Statue, she turned round. There

was pity in her eyes that became laughter on her lips. She shook

her head at him. "You are foolish, Jim, utterly foolish; a

bad-tempered boy, that is all. How can you say such horrible

things? You don't know what you are talking about. You are simply

jealous and unkind. Ah! I wish you would fall in love. Love makes

people good, and what you said was wicked."