"We should sympathise with each other," she said, laughing, "for I understand that we are both in ignorance of our destination."
"Indeed we should," he replied. "I dare say that at this moment your husband and my wife are gloating over their superior knowledge."
"Oh, well," she continued, "our time will come; and now tell me how you have endured the vicissitudes of the day."
"I think you and I have no cause for complaint," rejoined Scarsdale. "You see we understand our conventions; but I fear that our respective partners have not had such an easy time."
"I shouldn't think it would have worried Mrs. Scarsdale," returned the Englishwoman.
"Of course it didn't," said that lady's husband; "nothing ever worries her. But I think signing the register puzzled her a bit; she said it made her feel as if she was at an hotel."
"Robert enjoyed it thoroughly," said Mrs. Allingford.
"Had he no criticisms to offer?"
"None, except that one seemed to get a good deal more for one's money than in the States."
"The almighty dollar!" said Scarsdale, laughing, and added, as he looked at his watch: "I must be off, or your husband will be turning me out; our ten minutes are almost up."