“Easier said than done.”
“She threw a kiss to you, didn't she?”
“Certainly, but, confound it, that was because she never expected to see me again.”
“Same reason why you threw a kiss to her, I suppose?”
“I know why; I wasn't accountable.”
“Well, if she did it any more wittingly than you did, she is accountable, and I'd hunt her up and demand an explanation.”
Lorry laughed at his apparent fervor, but was glad that he had confided in his energetic countryman. Two heads were better than one, and he was forced to admit to himself that he rather liked the idea of company in the undertaking. Not that he expected to encounter any particular difficulty, but that he saw a strange loneliness ahead. Therefore he welcomed his friend's avowed intention to accompany him to Edelweiss as a relief instead of an annoyance. Until late in the night they discussed the coming trip, Anguish finally startling him with a question, just as he was stretching himself preparatory to the walk to his hotel.
“What are you going to do with her after you find her, Gren, old man?”
Grenfall's brow puckered and he brought himself up with a jerk, puzzled uncertainty expressing itself in his posture as well as in his face.
“I'll think about that after I have found her,” he replied.