“What tea-house?”

“On liddle bit island. You ‘member? I dance like this-a-way.” She performed a few steps.

“What! you that girl?” He knew her in an instant now. “How could you remember me?”

“You following me after dance with ‘nudder American gent, and before thad some one point ad you—ole wooman thad always accompanying me.”

“How did she know me?”

“She din know you to speag ad, bud—she saying you mos’ reech barbarian ad all Japan.”

“Oh, I see,” he said, coldly.

“She tell me I bedder git marry with you.”

“Indeed! Why?”

She hung her head a moment. “Because she know I luffing with you,” she said.