"That must have been until very lately."
Alice returned his look with the utmost simplicity. "No, indeed, it is ten years ago."
Kimberly threw back his head and it fell forward a little on his chest. "How curious," he said reflectively; "I knew the ranch very well."
When they were saying good-night, Imogene whispered to Alice: "I congratulate you."
Alice, flushed with the pleasure of the evening, stood in her wraps. She raised her brows in pleased surprise. "Pray what for?"
"Your success. The evening, you know, was in your honor; and you were decidedly the feature of it."
"I really didn't suspect it."
"And you made a perfect success with your unexpected neighbor."
"But I didn't do anything at all!"
"It isn't every woman that succeeds without trying. We have been working for a long time to pull Robert out of the dumps." Imogene laughed softly. "I noticed to-night while you were talking to him that he tossed back his head once or twice. When he does that, he is waking up! Here is your car, Dolly," she added, as the De Castros came into the vestibule.