“She was in Rich’s company one night, and he introduced her to me.”
“What do you know about her?”
“She is the daughter of a rich merchant, I believe. Her mother and father are dead. She has an income.”
“Is that all you know?”
“It is.”
It was too late to continue the inquiries further that night, he concluded, and he determined to go home, as long as he was uptown.
Carter was in a very thoughtful mood.
Many curious events had happened during the past twenty-four hours.
He was walking along leisurely, with his head bowed, thinking of plans for that day, and where he would go to make inquiries, when his attention was attracted to two men, who were walking ahead of him.
Instantly he raised his head and slackened his pace.