Aida

“I declare I feel quite excited over this,” Aïda Sewin said, as we rapidly retraced our steps.

From the moment that Aïda Sewin and I had become engaged life was, to me, almost too good to live.

Aïda was fond of walking, and, except for long distances, preferred it to riding; wherein again our tastes coincided.

Further exasperated, Falkner began teasing Arlo, and this had the effect of wearying Aïda of the situation.

I had not seen Aïda for three whole days, it was that time since the uncanny episode of the waterhole.