“Oh! I’ve always had the idea that she was a lady born and quite out of her place in working in a store, and so I was not surprised when a genuine lady came this morning and inquired about her.”
“A lady here this morning, you say, asking for Miss Doane?”
“Yes.”
“What did she look like?”
To this question the woman rejoined:
“Did you ever see Miss Doane?”
“Yes.”
“Well, the lady who called is as much like her, only older, as though they were mother and daughter.”
Nick gave a start of surprise.
What did this mean?