MRS. NIGHTINGALE.
MISS ROSALIND NIGHTINGALE.
KRAKATOA, GLENMOIRA ROAD,
SHEPHERD'S BUSH, W.
"I'm not Mrs. Nightingale," said the girl. "That's my mother."
"Oh no!" said he. "It wasn't that. It was only that I knew the name once—years ago."
The link in the dialogue here was that she had thought the surprise was due to his crediting her with matrimony and a visiting-card daughter. She was just thinking could she legitimately inquire into the previous Nightingale, when he said some more of his own accord, and saved her the trouble.
"Rosalind Nightingale was the name," said he. "Do you know any relation——"