As we listen in on the post-dinner prattle… with Mrs. Corday calling the play by play, as if no one else at the table saw what excited the youths…

…we find that Mara and Rusty have indeed stolen away…

…only to find that Mara is about a head taller than Rusty!  Poor lad!  Life is so cruel… He’ll crush on her hopefully, only to have his affections go unrequited…