"No; Shiku calls him only 'master sir,' and 'the consul.'"
Numè was silent a moment.
"And will we see the consul also, Koto?"
"Oh, no! because if we do not want any one to know we must be very careful not to be recognized."
So the two girls planned, and the next day Koto went up to the city and made every arrangement.
CHAPTER XXXV. A RESPITE FOR SINCLAIR.
It was about two weeks later. Orito had not returned from Yokohama, neither had Cleo Ballard returned from Matsushima. She was enchanted with the beauty of the wonderful bay, and after the strain she had been under in Tokyo, it was a great relief for her to be away from the noise of the city in a spot that suggested only beauty and rest.