So that was all he could think of to say!
“I don’t know,” she answered; “and I don’t care, either. I suppose it must have been taken away by mistake with the Pattersons’ luggage.”
“I hope you’ll recover it,” said he.
Another silence, very long.
“I did tell Mrs. Mount one thing that wasn’t quite true,” said Miss Smith.
“What was that?” asked Darcy Powers, and she knew by his voice that he thought whatever she had said was right.
“I told her my first name was Nina—and it isn’t.”
“What is it, then?” he asked.
The carriage had stopped before the gate. He got out and helped her down, and they both stood there until the sound of the horse’s hoofs had died away.
“What is your name?” he asked again.