“Do you think Armstrong himself realizes the situation?”
“Not in the slightest. He is absolutely absorbed.”
“How about Miss Thayer?”
Uncle Peabody looked at Emory interrogatively. “What have you observed about Miss Thayer?” he asked.
“That she is exceedingly sensitive upon the subject of her engagement,” replied Emory, with feeling.
“Have you come to any conclusion as to the reason?”
Emory was surprised by the implied meaning in Mr. Cartwright’s words. “Why, no,” he said, slowly.
“I was here when De Peyster proposed to her,” Uncle Peabody continued.
“Then she was the girl!”
“She was the girl,” repeated his companion. “When she threw him over, she did not tell him that she was engaged, as he repeated to you, but that she loved some one else.”