“Yes; I kept them all the time I was away. Stupid, I suppose; but when I left New York I didn’t expect to be gone for more than a few weeks.”
“Stephen Cantyre is in that house, isn’t he?”
“On the same floor with me.”
“You’ll see a great deal of him, won’t you?”
“I did when I was there before.”
“Was he on the dock to meet Regina?”
“He was on the dock, either to meet her or to meet me. As a matter of fact, he met us both.”
“Did he say anything about her?”
“Yes; he said he had to go and speak to her.”
“Only to speak to her?”