She waited, dazed by the instant success of her ruse, while he disappeared under the veranda.

She heard his feet upon the stairs.

She heard him come striding down the hall to the glass-paneled door.

She saw him coming toward her, still grinning in his joy at the meeting.
"Jean Douglas! By all that's lucky!" he was exclaiming.

"Where in the world did you light down from ?" He came to a stop directly in front of her, and held out his hand in unsuspecting friendship..