"Upon my word, Hilda," I cried, "I set out to find you.

Beyond the desire to find you, I had no plan in my head.
That was an end in itself.

My thoughts went no farther." She gazed at me half saucily.

"Then don't you think, sir, the best thing you can do, now you HAVE found me, is--to turn back and go home again ?" "I am a man," I said, promptly, taking a firm stand.

"And you are a judge of character.