"Upon my soul!... And she let me think—why, she seemed astonished to hear you were a——She knew nothing about you except your name!"
There was silence for an instant.
"Do you mean she was astonished to hear I was a mulatto?" asked David. "You told her?"
"Yes."
"How long ago?"
"The other day."
"When? ... Last week? This week?"
"This week."
David turned aside. It was a week since he had received Bee's last letter. "What did she say?" he faltered.
"She was astonished."