“We don’t have to remain,” said Croyden, with affected seriousness—“there are trains out, you know, as well as in.”
“I don’t want to go away—I came here to visit you.”
“We will go together.”
“But we can’t take the Symphony in Blue!”
“Oh! that’s it!” Croyden laughed.
“Certainly, that’s it! You don’t think I came down here to see only you, after having just spent nearly four weeks with you, in that fool quest on Greenberry Point?” He turned, suddenly, and faced Croyden. “Who was the woman you told?”
“Miss Carrington!” Croyden laughed. “Think she will retail it to the dear public?”
“Oh, go to thunder!”
“Because, if you do, you might mention it to her—there, she goes, now!” 231
“Where?” said Macloud, whirling around toward the window.