7/21 I felt I must stand alone, and let no one suspect. But--I'm getting puzzled and bewildered, and I don't know what to do next." "Of course not. Tell me about it, dear." "I can't; for I don't know, myself." She leaned forward in her chair and added, in a whisper: "I don't even know who I am! But that man," with a shudder, "tried to trap me. He said he knew Eliza Parsons, and there is no Eliza Parsons. It's a name I--I invented." "I think I understand," said Louise, with a little nod. |