Then she began to laugh as if at some sudden thought.
'Why do you laugh?' asked Andrea.
'I am making a comparison.'
'What comparison?'
'Guess.'
'I can't.'
'Well, I was thinking of another introduction I gave you about two years ago, which I accompanied by a delightful prophecy—you remember?'
'Ah—ha—'
'And I laughed because this time again there is an unknown lady in question and this time too I may play the part of—an involuntary providence.'
'Oh—oh!'