"Yes."
"Did any one sit beside you except the old gentleman who has just left?"
"No."
"You are sure it hasn't fallen on the floor?"
"I will look."
The young lady rose and looked about under the seat, but the lost purse was not found.
"I—I don't see how I could have lost it. I have been sitting here all the time."
An idea flashed upon Mark.
"It must have been taken by the man who just left you," he said.
"But that can't be! He was a minister."