She handed the awkward bunch over to "Husband," who hastened dutifully to place them in their compartment.
"He's on his job," Ernestine grinned. The banker laughed.
"That's what we men are made for, isn't it, Milly?"
"Of course!"
She was in her right element once more, the centre of the picture,—becomingly dressed in a gray travelling suit, "younger than ever," about to start on a wonderful three days' journey to a strange new land, with her faithful and adoring knight. What more was there in life?
"All aboard!" the conductor droned.
Exclamations and final embraces. Milly came to Ernestine Geyer last.
"Good-by, dear! You've been awfully good to me—I can never forget it!"
"Yes, you will—that's all right," Ernestine replied gruffly, not knowing exactly what she was saying.