Dulcie looked up at him with surprise, and then with an emotion of alarm, mingled with confusion, which he was neither slow to see nor misinterpret—

'May I ask your name?' said he in a mild tone.

'Miss Carlyon—Dulcie Carlyon.'

'Ah! you speak good English.'

'I am English.'

'And not a furriner?'

'No,' replied Dulcie in growing alarm.

'But you reside in London, just now?'

'Just now—yes,' said Dulcie, seeing that he was comparing her face with that of a photo in his hand.

'With your family—friends?'