"I gave him a tracing of my map, and he was so grateful that it made me want to tell him that it was all wrong; that he wouldn't find father in a month if he followed the directions."
"But you didn't!"
"No; I can play the game, when it seems worth while."
Smith was frowning thoughtfully when he led her to the elevator alcove.
"My way would have been the surer," he muttered, half to himself.
"Barbarian!" she laughed; and then: "To think that you were once a 'débutantes' darling'! Oh, yes; I know it was Carter Westfall who said it first, but it was true enough to name you instantly for all Lawrenceville."
Smith made no comment, and Miss Richlander did not speak again until they were waiting in the women's lobby for the house porter to call a cab. Then, as if she had just remembered it:
"Oh! I forgot to ask you: is the Eastern train in?"
He nodded. "It was on time this evening—for a wonder."
"And no Tucker yet! What in the world do you suppose could have happened to him, Montague?"