"But it could not be a pleasure to him unless the woman
considered it a pain," reasoned Miss Guggenslocker. "He could
not feel happy if she did not respect the pain."

"And encourage it," supplemented Lorry, drily. "If you do not
remind me occasionally that I am hurt, Miss Guggenslocker, I am
liable to forget it." To himself he added: "I'll never learn how
to say it in one breath."

"If I were not so soon to part from you I should be your
physician, and, like all physicians, prolong your ailment
interminably," she said, prettily.

"To my deepest satisfaction," he said, warmly, not lightly.
There was nothing further from his mind than servile flattery, as
his rejoinder might imply. "Alas!" he went on, "we no sooner
meet than we part. May I ask when you are to sail?"

"On Thursday," replied Mr. Guggenslocker.

"On the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse," added his niece, a faraway
look coming into her eyes.

"We are to stop off one day, to-morrow, in Washington," said Aunt
Yvonne, and the jump that Lorry's heart gave was so mighty that
he was afraid they could see it in his face.

"My uncle has some business to transact in your city, Mr. Lorry.
We are to spend tomorrow there and Wednesday in New York. Then