I guess it was books." "Wrong; they were never mentioned." "Then I shall have to give up, for I do not remember any other subjects she talks about." "Yet it was the most natural topic imaginable--yourself." "You were discussing me?
Why, how did that happen ?" "Very simply, and I was wholly to blame.

To be perfectly honest, Miss Naida, I attended the dance to-night for no other object than to meet you again.

But I had argued myself into the belief that you were Miss Spencer.

The discovery of my mistake merely intensified my determination to learn who you really were.

With this purpose, I interviewed Miss Spencer, and during the course of our conversation the facts of my first meeting with you became known." "You told her how very foolish I acted ?" "I told her how deeply interested I had become in your outspoken manner." "Oh! And she exclaimed, 'How romantic!'" "Possibly; she likewise took occasion to suggest that you were merely a child, and seemed astonished that I should have given you a second thought." "Why, I am eighteen." "I told her I believed you to be of that age, and she ignored my remark.