She, too, it seemed, could be firm, on occasion.

And though she smiled brightly, all she would say, was: "If he hasn't told you, I sha'n't.

You'll have to go to him." "Oh, well, I can still call him 'Mary Jane,'" retorted Billy, with airy disdain.
All this, however, so far as Billy could see, was not in the least helping along the cause that had become so dear to her--the reuniting of a pair of lovers.

It occurred to her then, one day, that perhaps, after all, they were not lovers, and did not wish to be reunited.

At this disquieting thought Billy decided, suddenly, to go almost to headquarters.