She laughed comfortably. He was one who would. She liked the uncompromising way in which his lips closed below his quick imaginative eyes.
It seemed but a matter of minutes before the train drew up at a toy station which looked like the suburban office of a real estate development company. Here they learned that the summer schedule was not yet in force, which meant that they would be unable to find a train back until four o'clock.
"I should have inquired at the other end. That oversight is either chance or stupidity," he exclaimed.
She met his eyes frankly, apparently not at all disconcerted.
"We can't decide which until we learn how it turns out, can we?" she laughed.
"No," he replied seriously, "it will depend upon that."
"Then," she said, "we need n't worry until the end. I have a feeling, grown strong now that we are here, that we shall need the extra time. I think we shall find him."
"That result alone will excuse my carelessness."
She appeared a bit worried over a new thought.
"I forgot. This will delay you further on your vacation."