"I—ah—am very sorry,—you are a stranger to me, I—a—stranger to the House. This note from a stranger was handed to me by a strange official. I read it before I noticed the mistake. It is addressed to you."
"Oh, that is of no consequence, I assure you," I said.
"Oh, but it is—it must be of consequence. It is—of—such a private nature, and so brief. I feel extremely awkward in having to acknowledge I read it,—a pure accident, I assure you!"
He handed me the note and was running away, when I called him back. It read:—
"Meet me under the clock at 8.
"Lucy."
"I must introduce you to Lucy."
"No, no! not for worlds,"
But I did. Here he is.
