"Not directly to me; but it concerns some friends of mine, who were terribly upset; and as I was with them, naturally I shared their anxiety."
"What was it?"
"A mysterious disappearance of a member of the family. It is really a most extraordinary thing! The person I refer to is Miss Leonie Cuyler!"
He was looking directly at Miss Chandler as he spoke, in fact had not removed his eyes from the handsome face since his entrance.
She started perceptibly, but recovered herself with suspicious promptness.
"You surprise me!" she said, coolly. "I did not know that Miss Cuyler had been found since her other mysterious disappearance. It seems that she has a penchant for disappearances. One could almost get used to them, they occur so frequently."
"This is different from that. She had no reason for it, none earthly, and I cannot understand it!"
"It seems to me that you are curiously interested in Miss Cuyler!"
"I am! She seems to be a young woman who is bearing the burden of the wrong doing of some one else."
Miss Chandler's face flushed dully.