She bowed.
"I understand you are fitting out this house to rent furnished apartments."
She seemed slightly surprised. "Yes. But may I ask how you learned of it?"
"Oh, a friend told me."
"What kind of accommodations do you require?"
Jack was hard put to it to keep from laughing in her face. Up till now he had been standing in the vestibule with the light behind him. But as Kate stood aside from the door, he stepped in and turned around, so thus his make-up was put to a full test.
"A room in the back," he, said, "away from the noises of the street. And not too high up. The second story rear would suit me very well."
"I'm sorry," she said soberly, "that room is already taken."
Jack could contain himself no longer. There was no one near. He took off his glasses and smiled his own smile. "Don't you know me?" he whispered.
Kate gasped and fell back a step. "Oh! I wasn't expecting you so soon!"