"And the day after we return to Indiana," added Mrs. Bunker.
"In the summer we intend to investigate Colorado."
"I have a ranch up in the Rockies," said Stillwater. "Why, this little girl," he brought his hand down on Indiana's shoulders, "learned to shoot up there."
"Indeed!" said Lord Canning.
"Well, you just ought to have seen her once cornering a grizzly. She shot him, too—sure as I stand here."
"Extraordinary!" exclaimed Lord Canning.
"Oh, that's a small matter," remarked Indiana modestly.
"Indeed!" said Lord Canning.
"We shoot bears every day in America," she added airily.
At these words Lord Canning looked about him as though he fully expected one to appear that moment, for the purpose of allowing him to see Miss Stillwater dispatch it with all possible speed, and just as she stood there in her long white opera cloak, holding a bunch of hyacinths.