"'Where have you been?' I asked.
"'On the engine.'
"'In the engine, I suppose you mean,' I said.
"'No, I don't; I mean on the engine—on the pilot. It was very refreshing. Where are we going now?'
"'Do you know Paris?' asked Wilhelmina, turning to me.
"'Yes. I think your father had better take you to the Hôtel Normandie on the Rue de l'Échelle—'
"'But you must stay there, too!'
"She laughed nervously.
"'Don't you see that my father and I could not take rooms—now? You must engage three rooms for yourself.'