"Who would be your last guess?"
"Enslee."
"Why?"
"Because he smiled; because he let me ride with you."
"That shows how much a man's reasoning power is worth. That was just who it was."
"Why do you think so?"
"I know so. He told me."
Forbes was dazed; he marveled aloud: "And yet he smiled? He let me ride with you?"
She laughed. "Willie is such an idiot! He knew it was you; but he never dreamed that the woman was me. He thought the woman was Mrs. Neff or Winifred. That's why he smiled at you."
Forbes chuckled a moment, then flushed, as Persis went on: