discernible to the naked eye," she said, half ironically.

"I care not if there are but three inhabitants Graustark, all
told, it is certainly worthy of a position on any map," said
Lorry, gallantly; and his listeners applauded with patriotic
appreciation. "By the way, Mr. Gug--Guggenslocker, you say the
conductor asked you for my name and you did not know it. May I
ask how you learned it later on?" His curiosity got the better
of him, and his courage was increased by the champagne the old
gentleman had ordered.

"I did not know your name until my niece told it to me after your
arrival in the carriage," said Uncle Caspar.

"I don't remember giving it to Miss Guggenslocker at any time,"
said Lorry.

"You were not my informant," she said, demurely.

"Surely you did not guess it."

"Oh, no, indeed. I am no mind reader."

"My own name was the last thing you could have read in my mind,
in that event, for I have not thought of it in three days."

She was sitting with her elbows on the table, her chin in her
hands, a dreamy look in her blue eyes.

"You say you obtained that coin from the porter on the Denver