He is constant in his
attentions, and she is evidently flattered and dazed."
"How long has he known her? How did he become acquainted?" Abrupt
questions still, asked in that curiously repressed voice.
The doctor's face was growing very grave and stern. He feared that there
was a real wound here.
"Inadvertently, Miss Dennis, it seems that both you and I are to blame,
or, at least, are involved in the acquaintance. Do you remember a little
incident which occurred in a streetcar some six weeks ago? A young
woman, in leaving the car, dropped a package, which you noticing, called
our attention to, and pointed out the person crossing the street, and
Professor Ellis announced his willingness to overtake her and return the
package, as he was about to leave the car. Miss Mason was the person in
question, and Professor Ellis presumed on that very slight introduction
to cultivate an acquaintance. I have learned that he quoted my name in
connection with the incident, and since that day has been on terms of
exceeding intimacy with Hester."
Gracie was surprised out of her reserve.
"I remember the incident perfectly: but the girl I saw this afternoon
cannot be the one who was on the car."
"Yes; she was in holiday attire to-day, and in her working garb when you
saw her momentarily on the car.
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