"And that is——?"
"Maitland Tait, you made a fool of yourself!"
He looked disappointed.
"Oh, I know that!" he replied.
"You do? Since when, please?"
"Why, I knew it before I crossed the Ohio River!" he acknowledged, seeming to take some pride in the fact. "I—I intended to apologize—or something—when I got to Pittsburgh, but when I reached New York, on my way here, I saw that you were coming to England, too——"
"So you thought the matter could easily wait—I see!" I observed, then, to change the subject, I asked: "Have you been here long?"
"Two weeks! I knew that I should get news of you in this neighborhood, sooner or later."
I instantly smiled.
"I have come here for my first Sunday, you see, but——"