“Not a bit of it,” smiled Elizabeth. “Only, having eyes in my head, I use them. Also, having been endowed with a certain amount of intelligence I use that also. And adding the two together——”
“You have guessed?” queried John.
“A dim guess,” said Elizabeth, “and one which will find no outlet in speech without further proof.”
She sat down on a tree trunk.
“Let us rest,” said she.
John stretched himself on the grass at her feet.
“Well,” he said, “perhaps your guess is right.”
“There is someone?” she demanded, promptly forgetting her former announcement.
John nodded.
“Ah!” Elizabeth’s eyes gleamed. “And of course it can only be the one someone. I am glad.”