If it's the last word I ever speak I'm trying to save him from the biggest snag he ever met in his life." She had drawn disdainfully away from him; but at his last words she came a step nearer.

"I'll tell him exactly what you say," she answered; and then she asked suddenly in a firmer tone: "Have you heard anything more of my aunt ?" He looked at her intently.

"Why, yes.

You hadn't mentioned her again, so I thought you'd ceased to be interested.

Would you like to see her ?" he demanded abruptly after a pause.
"How can I?
I don't know where she is." For a minute or two before replying he studied her closely.