“Why, if I accounted for the emptiness of Niagara in the most satisfactory way, it wouldn't add a soul to the floating population. Under the circumstances I prefer to leave it unexplained.”
“Do you think it's because it's such a hot summer? Do you suppose it's not exactly the season? Didn't you expect there'd be more people? Perhaps Niagara isn't as fashionable as it used to be.”
“It looks something like that.”
“Well, what under the sun do you think is the reason?”
“I don't know.”
“Perhaps,” interposed Kitty, placidly, “most of the visitors go to the other hotel, now.”
“It's altogether likely,” said the other lady, eagerly. “There are just such caprices.”
“Well,” said Richard, “I wanted you to go there.”
“But you said that you always heard this was the a most fashionable.”
“I know it. I didn't want to come here for that reason. But fortune favors the brave.”