"Yes," he said, "we shall be alone in the world then, you and I."
"But we shall go out of our old world and find a new one," she answered, proudly. "Millionaires are never alone."
"How worldly you are getting! But it becomes you."
"Worldly? No, only wise! But we are staying here a long time; Mrs. Prior will wonder what it is all for, and Rose will cry her eyes out, poor thing."
"You wish me to go?" he said, in a mortified tone.
"Why, yes; one must not risk a good name among strangers. It is something a little unusual for me to receive gentlemen."
"I am glad of that, Ellen."
"Oh, I have no desire for visitors of either sex."
"But when may I come for good? I must know that."
"Well, I cannot tell the exact time, but it shall be within a few months; weeks, perhaps, if you are good."