"Strange!" she replied. "He was here—let me see—but two weeks ago."

"No madam," he said. "You must mean the other Mills Hotel."

"Is there another Mills Hotel?" she asked.

"Yes," he replied. "Hotel number—"

"I thought," said Letitia, "this place seemed—"

She glanced about her.

"But," said I, "the address is of this one."

"True," she replied. "Did you look in the P's?" she inquired, sweetly.

"Why, no; in the T's. You said—"

"But it's spelled with a P," she explained. "P-t-o-l—"