44/84 "And who in the world's Mrs.Jim ?" "Chad's sister--who was Sarah Newsome. She's married--didn't I mention it ?--to Jim Pocock." "Ah yes," she tacitly replied; but he had mentioned things--! Then, however, with all the sound it could have, "Who in the world's Jim Pocock ?" she asked. That's the only way we distinguish people at Woollett," he good-humoredly explained. "I think there can be scarcely a greater--unless it may become one, in the future, to be Chad's wife." "Then how do they distinguish YOU ?" "They DON'T--except, as I've told you, by the green cover." Once more their eyes met on it, and she held him an instant. "The green cover won't--nor will ANY cover--avail you with ME. |