I met Miss Gillis first through pure accident.

She impressed me strongly then, and I confess I have since grown more deeply interested in her personality.

I have reasons to suppose my presence not altogether distasteful to her, and she has certainly shown that she reposed confidence in me.

Not until late last night did I even suspect she was the same girl whom we picked up with you out on the desert.

It came to me from her own lips and was a total surprise.