A smile crept back onto Abilene's face and she almost responded much too exuberantly, but she caught herself and replied, "That would be a splendid chance, thank you." She wondered if he would offer her his arm, but then again, a handsome fellow like he might be seeing someone and despite her building attraction to him, she wouldn't want to intrude upon that. "It seems fate is in my favor today," she added jokingly, although she didn't believe much in the goodness of the whims of the world since her parents died and her sister was restricted to a wheelchair.