“I trust you are not annoyed with me?” she exclaimed. “You must admit that I acted the part of the nervous woman so well that even you, a medical man, were, deceived.”
“I admit that you have taken an unfair advantage of me,” I answered calmly, wondering why she should thus have sought my acquaintance.
“But you will forgive me, Doctor, won’t you?” she urged.
“If you will tell me the reason you were so desirous of meeting me.”
“I wanted to know you.”
“Why?”
“I had seen you in the distance many times, and desired to become personally acquainted with you.”
“For what reason?”
She hesitated, and I thought I detected a faint blush upon her cheek.
“I—well, I wished to number you among my friends.”