"I'm called Sister Rose," she answered shortly.
"By any other name——" began Cleland, gallantly, but checked himself, silenced by the hostility in her snapping black eyes.
"What do you wish?" she demanded impatiently.
Cleland, very red, swallowed his irritation:
"I came here in regard to your niece——"
"Niece? I haven't any!"
"I beg your pardon; I mean your great-niece——"
"What do you mean? I haven't any that I know of."
"Her name is Stephanie Quest."
"Harry Quest's child? Has he really got a baby? I thought he was lying! He's such a liar—how was I to know that he has a baby?"