"A friend of ours," said the girl. She turned back to Keith.
"Tell me what Dr. Balsam said."
"Mr. Keith knows the Wentworths--I believe you know the Wentworths very well?" Mrs. Yorke addressed Mr. Keith.
"Yes, I have known Norman since we were boys. I have met his mother, but I never met his father."
Mrs. Yorke was provoked at the stupidity of denying so advantageous an acquaintance. But Mr. Lancaster took more notice of Keith than he had done before. His dark eyes had a gleam of amusement in them as he turned and looked at the young man. Something in him recalled the past.
"From the South, you say?"
"Yes, sir." He named his State with pride.
"Did I catch your name correctly? Is it Keith?"
"Yes, sir."
"I used to know a gentleman of that name--General Keith."