The woman smiled as if the question had been a funny one; the girl could not but see that the smile became her, and that she was not ill-looking.
"Hardly; I can assure you that you are not the sort of person I should choose as a partner if I wanted one; but I was serious when I said to you 'Just think.' For instance, you saw the person who came rushing into the hall last night, and unwillingly left in your charge that leather bag; you have to think of that. You recognised him, didn't you?"
"Who told you so?"
"He did."
The girl started; for the first time something which the other had said had gone home.
"When did he tell you?"
"I didn't time it, but I should say about a minute afterwards."
"Then you saw him again?"
The woman raised her eyebrows, as if with a faint surprise.
"Of course I did. I went straight to where he was; I knew where to find him. The first thing he said to me was, 'Vi Forster saw me.'"