No, better wait till they met alone, she thought; he would thank her for her delicacy, and she could easily explain her motive.

He evidently wished to seem a stranger, for once she caught a gleam of the old, mirthful mischief in his eye, as she glanced up unexpectedly.

He did remember her, she was sure, yet was trying her, perhaps, as she tried him.

Well, she would stand the test and enjoy the joke by-and-by.

With this fancy in her head she assumed a gracious air and chatted away in her most charming style, feeling both gay and excited, so anxious was she to please, and so glad to recover her early friend.