The two girls looked at each other speechless with amazement.
“But, weren’t you told?” demanded Nancy, when she could collect her thoughts. “Didn’t the lady in the other cab tell you?”
“Now, Miss, w’y need I be awskin’ if I wuz told?”
“But why didn’t you follow the other cab?” cried Billie.
“I wasn’t told to, Miss. I wasn’t told to do anythink but do as I was bid.”
“Where were you going, then?” demanded Nancy, who was a sprightly young person when it came to cabbies and stewardesses.
“Ah, ma’am, now you’ve awsked me somethink I cawn’t tell you. Not havin’ no address, how can I?”
“Idiot!” exclaimed Nancy under her breath. What could they do with this incorrigible man?
“Can’t you even remember the street, Nancy?” whispered Billie.
They wrinkled their brows and sat in deep thought for a moment. Their young minds were like travelers on a dark road stumbling blindly through a host of misty names.