"Perhaps you'll come back and talk to him."
Her new acquaintance shook her head.
"Not now. But isn't there something I can do for you? Don't you need——"
"Money?" Elinor said, taking the words out of the other's mouth. "We have money, thank you," and added half hurriedly, half in embarrassment: "Will you excuse me if I leave you. I have an engagement with our lawyer, and I'm late."
The stranger laid her hand on Elinor's sleeve, and persisted:
"But can't I come and see you—won't you tell me where you live?"
There was something in the tone and action of the woman that Elinor resented, though she didn't know just what it was.
"Really, I don't know what to say."
"I'm sorry you're suspicious of me. I wish I could prove to you that I'm sincere. Please tell me where I can see you."