"In two days."
"And where will you stay?"
"At Shepheard's."
"I don't like your going alone. I wish you had a maid—"
"You've guessed it!" she said.
"What?"
He looked almost startled.
"I didn't like to tell you, but I will now. May I have a maid again?"
"That's what you want, to get a maid?"
She smiled, and looked almost shy.