"You dropped this on the road."
The girl turned hastily.
"Thank you very much. I am sorry to have given you the trouble--"
Then she paused, arrested evidently by the manner in which Julie stood regarding her.
"Did--did you wish to speak to me?" she said, uncertainly.
"You are Miss Moffatt?"
"Yes. That is my name. But, excuse me. I am afraid I don't remember you." The words were spoken with a charming sweetness and timidity.
"I am Mrs. Delafield."
The girl started violently.
"Are you? I--I beg your pardon!"