"Miss Causton?"

"Not if you don't wish it, Jeff——"

I considered.

"Has she asked you to go?"

"No—but if you wouldn't mind—very much——"

It mattered little to me, but I had to pretend to ponder deeply.

I really don't know whether I felt sorrow for Miss Causton or not. She was altogether beyond my comprehension. For all I knew my sorrow might be an impertinence. So I must seem to ponder.

"Where is she?" I asked.

"She's taken rooms in Putney."

"Alone?" I asked, with a quick glance at Kitty.