“We ought have known he was a gentleman.”

“But we scouted the idea of it,” said I.

“It was a most curious mistake to make,” said Dolly.

“O, well, it’s put right now,” said I.

“Oh, Mr. Carter, do you remember mamma’s face when we described him?”

“That was a terrible moment,” said I, with a shudder.

“I said he was—ugly,” whispered Dolly.

“And I said—something worse,” murmured I.

“And mamma knew at once from our description that it was—”

“She saw it in a minute,” said I.