"I'll go with you," said Katherine, and together they went down to the office.
They sought the register at once and began looking over the list of arrivals. Presently Miss Ladd pointed with her finger the following registration:
"Pierce Langford, Fairberry, Room 36."
Miss Ladd and Katherine occupied Room 35.
"Anything you wish, ladies?" asked the proprietor, who stood behind the desk.
"Yes," Miss Ladd answered. "We want another room."
"I'll have to give you single rooms, if that one is not satisfactory," was the reply. "All my double rooms are filled."
"Isn't 36 a double room?" Katherine inquired.
"Yes, but it's occupied. I just sent a man up there."
"Excuse the question," Miss Ladd said curiously; "but why did you put one person in a double room when it was the only double room you had and there were vacant single rooms in the house?"