“Impossible!” he exclaimed. “Why, Merriwell, didn’t you see how confused she was? And she did not introduce him! She was all broken up about it.”
“For which I was very sorry.”
“Well, hanged if I can understand you, Merriwell! It must be plain to you now that she has fooled us both.”
“Nothing of the kind is plain to me, Starbright. I have known Inza Burrage a long time, and I trust her fully.”
Dick flung out one hand in a gesture of despair.
“There are none so blind as those who will not see,” he said. “Talk about obstinacy! Why, Merriwell, you cannot explain her actions! Everything demanded that she introduce the man, and yet she did not. What have you to say to that?”
“Simply that there must have been some good reason why she did not.”
“And when she spoke about our calling, and I said we might call, she was more confused than ever. She did not wish us to call, and you know it.”
“I think you are right about that.”
“Why didn’t she wish it?”