“Oh, have you? Then, if you wish to preserve it, you should spread it out upon the ground to dry before the fire.”
“There is no need of my producing the letter,” replied Miss Sommerton; “I remember every word it.”
“Very well, just think it over in your mind, and see if I cannot repeat it. Are you thinking about it?”
“Yes, I am thinking about it.”
“Here goes, then. ‘Miss Edith Sommerton—‘”
“Wrong,” said that young lady.
“The Sommerton is right, is it not?”
“Yes, but the first name is not.”
“What is it, then?”
“I shall not tell you.”