“Three months!”
“Three months is much more than long—sometimes.”
She gave him an amused smile.
“I was thinking of you only last night,” he volunteered.
“What suggested me?” she asked quickly.
“I suppose it must have been your proximity,” he replied easily and instantly.
“Wireless,” she laughed, “or community of interests?”
“I don’t know—the impression was vivid enough, while it lasted, for you to have been in the room.”
“Maybe I was—in spirit.”
“I’m sure of it,” he replied. “How long have you been in Washington, Madeline?”