“Do tell us, Jimmy,—did Mr. Marvin say he would try to meet us at Green Hill?” asked Natalie, as the car started.
“Yes, he said he would try to get an old friend to accompany him. He was not sure that she could get away, but he proposed trying to coax her to do so.”
“Is it an old friend of his?” asked Natalie.
“Yes, a friend of many years’ standing,” replied Mrs. James, smiling down at her idle hands.
“Do you know her?” continued Natalie, seeing the smile.
“Oh yes,—very well indeed!”
“Do I know her, too?”
“Yes, you know her.”
“Maybe we all know her,—do we?” asked Janet suddenly.
“Yes,—you all know her,” laughed Mrs. James.