"Why, really, I don't know, Mary. But I suppose so. Anyhow, I'll see what I can do—though of course I shouldn't feel justified in procuring you a position under false pretenses. You understand that?"
"Yes," said Mary, "I understand."
"And, at any rate, you will come around to-morrow?"
Still Mary did not look up.
"You will come?" repeated Marian.
"Yes, Miss Lennox," said Mary.
"Very well, then: to-morrow afternoon."
Something in the girl's attitude made Marian uneasy. She insisted on her point, but again Mary was slow to answer, and again Marian asked:
"Will you?"
"Yes, Miss Lennox."