"Oh, I have had a letter from him nearly every day, but I have not talked with him since Sunday night a week ago, when he came to see me at the house."
"How long have you known him?"
"Nearly two years."
"How did you meet him?"
"Why, he knew papa at the bank, and one day when papa was ill he sent for George to come up to the house to get some papers about his accounts and papa introduced us. When we were first engaged, he did not seem to dislike George, and often sat talking with him about matters in the bank and other things."
"By the way, how old are you, Miss Anderson?"
She did not seem to mind the blunt question and replied quickly:
"I am twenty-one."
"Were you born in this country?"
"Yes, I was born in New York."