“To tell me a short cut by foot to the Bungalow.”
“Over this hill, and yeh can see it. Only house in sight. Whut else?”
“To ferget that you’ve seen me.”
“Nuthin’ fishy about this?” inquired the cautious chauffeur.
“It’s just a little joke on the people in front.”
“My mem’ry,” said the other, pocketing the bill, “ain’t whut it was. I c’n t ba’ly rec’lect t’ say ‘Thank-ye,’ but there my power gives out. Some one comin’ aroun! the bend,” he added.
Remsen made a dive into the underbrush. From somewhere above Darcy, a moment later, a tree found voice to speak like a dryad:
“I’ll be at your call to-morrow.”
At the elbow of the road appeared Maud and Holcomb Lee. Darcy, envying Daniel what has been regarded as one of the most trying experiences in the records of animal training, walked forward to meet them.
Her head was high.