"Worse than I did, Willy?"
William the Silent held his peace.
"You did not believe it? How much of it did you believe?"
"Mother," he said, "do you think a man can't see what a girl is?"
"But what do you know about girls?"
"Where is she?"
"What!"
"Where is Helen? The man from Lord's said he brought her out here last night."
"Did you not get her letter?" Mrs. Thorne evaded.
"Where shall I find her?"