While this conversation was going en, the cab was making rapid progress, and as the last words were spoken the driver reined up in front of a handsome residence.
"Is this the place, madam?"
The old lady looked out of the hack.
"Yes," she answered. "I had no idea we had got along so far."
Luke helped her out of the cab. She paid the man his fare, and then signed Luke to help her up the steps.
"I want you to come into the house with me," she said. "I have not got through talking with you."
A maidservant answered the bell. She looked surprised when she saw the old lady's young companion.
"Is my niece in?" asked the old lady.
"No, Mrs. Merton—Master Harold is in."
"Never mind! You may come upstairs with me, young man."