"Bravo!" she cried. "You do it well, Dick, splendidly, indeed. You almost convince me you have discovered something."
"Discovered conveys the idea of going in search of," he said, thoughtfully.—"No, I did not discover this—it was thrust upon me. I just noticed it, casually. I——"
"Dick, do get on!" she exclaimed. "You've got me all on edge. Out with it!"
He chuckled softly to himself. "You know Sir Edward Parkington?"
"Casually—he is a guest, at present, at Hedgely Hall," as though she were imparting information of the most confidential sort.
"Oh, no, he is not!"
"Do be serious, Dick—what about him?"
"You thought you passed him, a moment ago, with Miss Stirling, did you not?"
"Of course!"
"Well, that shows how easy it is to be deceived. You did not."