"Of course, she knows all about your promise to the old lady; you told her, you know."
"Certainly," I answered, "I told you both. I know you never keep secrets from one another."
"Well, she knows," he proceeded, "therefore, that you have made up your mind to go to Valoro with that packet the old lady gave you."
"Well?"
Jack brought his hand down with a smack on my knee.
"Let us come too, old chap," he cried—"both of us—Ethel and I."
The idea to me was both pleasant and astonishing. I had never thought of it.
"But won't Ethel find it rather a fatiguing journey?" I suggested.
He was quite amused at the idea.
"I can assure you," he said, "that she can stand pretty nearly as much as I can. She's a regular little amazon. That's what Ethel is."