"She is very fond of me," he said. "I hope we shall be happy. Thank you for your congratulations."
"Will you marry before you go south?" was her next remark.
"Certainly not. Can I take you anywhere?"
"No. I came out here to be alone. Don't tell anybody where I am. It is delightful to be in a crowd like this, and yet to be alone. I congratulate you again, Captain Keith. You said the other day that you were without chivalry. I think you have a great deal. Good-bye. Will you think I am taking a liberty if I say, 'God bless you'?"
"Indeed I do not," was his answer.
She held out her hand; he wrung it and went away. A moment later he had left the ballroom.
Katherine Hunt sat on alone.
"This dazes me," she said to herself. "He doesn't love her. Is she worthy of him? I must find out something else too," she thought impatiently, and now she looked towards the crowded ballroom.
Presently a man appeared—a tall man, with a florid face.
"Major Strause!" said the girl.