"I am so glad you are happy.

I got your address--I can see you are wondering how I got it--from another friend of yours, Mr.Clendon, a remarkably nice old gentleman who was extremely kind to me.

Of course, I went to Brown's Buildings the day I arrived." She blushed and her eyes were downcast for a moment.

Why "of course"?
She pondered this, with a thrill of the heart.
"Tell me about yourself, what you've been doing," she said.

"You won't think me curious?
But, of course, I am interested----" "Naturally, seeing that you saved me, set my feet on a new path," he said; and as he spoke, he seated himself on the bank beside her; but a little lower, so that he could look up into her face.