"Did you see the lady who went in?"

"Yes; I was introduced."

"Introduced? Never!"

"Why not?"

"Well," the agent was confused, "I don't see why not after all. Did
you see her face?"

"She had on a veil."

"Of course; she always has. She was the woman who passed us on the
bluff road."

"You saw her, then?"

"Yes, I saw her; but not close enough to know whether--"

"What?"

"I think she is someone I know. Are you coming back to the hotel?"




CHAPTER III