"But that child heard it!"
"Never mind, my dear; she'll forget it."
"Not she! I'm beginning to believe that the smaller the child the less chance there is of her forgetting what shouldn't be remembered. And, oh, Jermyn! Of all men in the world, here comes Admiral Allison! What if she should tell him?"
"If she does," said Jermyn desperately, "I'll never again dare look him in the face; I shall always believe he is laughing at me. 'Tis all your fault, my dear. If you hadn't made me love you so dearly, I wouldn't have said——"
"Let us overtake them—quick!" said Kate.
"We've been up to the whisp'rin' gall'ry," Trixy was already saying to the Admiral, "and——"
"Trixy!" sternly spoke three voices as one.
"What rare fortunes Providence has in store for old men!" exclaimed the Admiral. "I greatly wanted and needed to see Jermyn, this very day, and I not only find him unexpectedly, but get a couple of glimpses of Paradise beside—yes, three, for here is Trixy also."
"Paradise?" echoed Trixy. "It was somethin' about Paradise that——"