"And it is now eleven o'clock in the morning," sighed Lady Merton. "Well!--I think a little exercise would be a good thing."
And she descended the steps of the car. The Canadian hesitated.
"Would you allow me to walk with you?" he said, with formality. "I might perhaps be able to tell you a few things. I belong to the railway."
"I shall be greatly obliged," said Elizabeth, cordially. "Do you mean that you are an official?"
"I am an engineer--in charge of some construction work in the Rockies."
Lady Merton's face brightened.
"Indeed! I think that must be one of the most interesting things in the world to be."
The Canadian's eyebrows lifted a little.
"I don't know that I ever thought of it like that," he said, half smiling. "It's good work--but I've done things a good deal livelier in my time."
"You've not always been an engineer?"