She found Numè sitting with another Japanese girl, playing Karutta. They laughed and talked as they played, and Numè seemed quite light-hearted and happy.
PLAYING KARUTTA
Mrs. Davis sat down on the mat beside her, and after having kissed her very affectionately, asked why she had not been over for so long.
"I come visite you to-morrow," the girl answered, looking a trifle ashamed, as Mrs. Davis regarded her reproachfully. Then, as she started to make further apologies, the American lady said, very sweetly: "Never mind, dear; I understand;—you did not like what I told you the other night."
Numè did not answer. The other Japanese girl watched Mrs. Davis curiously. Mrs. Davis turned smilingly to her and started to say something, but stopped short, a look of puzzled recognition on her face.
"I am sure I have seen your friend somewhere before, but I can't tell where," she said to Numè.
"Perhaps you seeing her at the tea garden, because Koto was, one time, geisha girl."
"Why, of course! I remember now. She was the pretty little Japanese girl who waited on us that day and made Rose Cranston so angry by flirting with Tom."