“Wonderful!” exclaimed Sadie, amazed at the young man’s stupendous skill.
“Now here’s a cunning little line,” he pursued. “That shows something too.”
“Does it show how to stop the elopement?” asked Sadie, ingenuously, but making no effort to withdraw her hand.
“Yes, and it shows that you and your friend are”––– He paused to allow Sadie to fill the gap, and she did.
“Cousins––and we live with Auntie––and we’ve been in New York a month.”
“And your cousin hasn’t known Gladwin long?”
“Only two weeks.” Sadie was really awed.
“That’s right––two weeks; and she met him at the”–––
He said to himself that here was a little game that beat any other known sport to flinders.