"Oh, that was the secret of a girl that wasn't engaged to you," she said, "and had no idea of being; no more," she added, dimpling, "than I had."
Jack showed his white teeth in what his friends called his "appreciative grin."
"Perhaps you're right," he returned. "By the way, do you know who Christopher Calumus really is?"
She colored again, and hung her head.
"Yes," she murmured, in a voice absurdly low. "Mrs. Harbinger told me last night. He told her yesterday at the County Club."
"Does he know who wrote to him?"
Her cheeks became deeper in hue, and her voice even lower yet.
"Yes, he found out from Mrs. Harbinger."
"Well, I must say I thought that Letty Harbinger had more sense!"
"She didn't mean to tell him."