Who did he think I was ?" Miss La Rue bit her lip.

She had found her match evidently, but would strike harder.
"A reporter on the _Star_.

Naturally we couldn't help wondering what you was doing out here.

You are in the newspaper business, ain't you ?" "Yes," realising further concealment was useless, "but on my vacation.
I thought I explained all that to Mr.Beaton.

I am not exactly a reporter.