"I'm very glad you changed it,"—this with almost a parental note. Her mention of the river had soothed his vanity!
"Oh, are you?" She laughed merrily.
"And what brought about the—the——"
"Sue Milo."
"Er—who do you say?" He had expected a compliment.
"A woman you don't know—a woman that you must have seen go into
Tottie's just after Barbara left—as you stood sentry."
"Ah, yes." He had the grace to blush again.
"She is the secretary at the Church near by—you know, St. Giles. She keeps books, and answers telephones, and types sermons, and does all the letters for the Rector—formerly my husband."
An involuntary start—which he adroitly made the beginning of an assent.
"I've met her only a few times. But I feel as if I'd known her all my life. Oh, how dear her attitude was!" Sudden tears trembled in her eyes.