"I simply came away."

"Out of the Park?"

"Yes, leaving him there. I didn't let him follow me."

"Then what did you let him do?"

"I didn't let him do anything."

Mr. Mudge considered an instant. "Then what did you go there for?" His
tone was even slightly critical.

"I didn't quite know at the time. It was simply to be with him, I
suppose--just once. He's in danger, and I wanted him to know I know it.
It makes meeting him--at Cocker's, since it's that I want to stay on
for--more interesting."

"It makes it mighty interesting for _me_!" Mr. Mudge freely declared.
"Yet he didn't follow you?" he asked. "_I_ would!"

"Yes, of course. That was the way you began, you know. You're awfully
inferior to him."

"Well, my dear, you're not inferior to anybody. You've got a cheek!
What's he in danger of?"

"Of being found out. He's in love with a lady--and it isn't right--and
I've found him out."