"What a long name!" exclaimed Trixy, with a curtesy.
"I'm sorry, Miss Highwood, that my time won't allow me to show you special attention while you are here, but I hope we may meet again. Good day. Mr. Jermyn, I wish you a pleasant trip!"
Jermyn hurried the child back to her mother, who said:
"I hope, Mr. Jermyn, that you apologized to the gentleman for Trixy's rudeness?"
"I hadn't the opportunity," Jermyn replied. "Ladies, I've an interesting announcement to make; I am to accompany you back to New York."
"Oh, Jermyn!" exclaimed Kate. "'Tis too good to be true."
"Nevertheless, 'tis as true as it is good. The gentleman with whom Trixy was talking was the Secretary of War, and he has ordered me back, for a few days, on duty that will occupy my time for only a few hours a day."
"You clever fellow! How did you manage it?"
"I didn't. Trixy did it."