"You interested him," Southend assured her.
"Yes, if anything's been done, you've done it."
They seemed quite sincere. That feeling of being on her head instead of her heels came over Mina again.
"I shouldn't be a bit surprised if he sent for Harry."
"No, nor if he arranged to meet Cecily Gainsborough—Cecily Tristram, I mean."
"I thought he looked—well, as if he was hit—when you mentioned Addie."
"Oh, there's really no telling with Robert. It went off very well indeed. What a lucky thing he came!"
Still bewildered, Mina began, all the same, to assimilate this atmosphere of contentment and congratulation.
"Do you really think I—I had anything to do with it?" she asked, a new pride swelling in her heart.
"Yes, yes, you attracted his attention."