"He must have, but I didn't know it before."
And later, when they were in the street that climbed to the capitol, and seemed to come to an end there, finally, in adoration of its sunlit dome, Gard asked:
"Do you know where I'm going?"
"The question offers unlimited interest. I take it to be rhetorical. I do not."
"I'm going to look for Mrs. Mavering and a young lady who is with her. They're nursing in one of the hospitals, or were last winter. Did you know it?"
"I did not."
"Going with me?"
"I'll walk along and make up my mind."
After a few moments' silence: