She did not even deign to glance at him, the hero of the feast; and, in fact, so greatly overdid her part as to excite the suspicions of that astute young man, Doctor Danton.

There is no effect without a cause.

What was the cause of Rose's icy indifference?
He looked at her, then at Stanford, then back at her, and set himself to watch.
"She has met him before," thought the shrewd Doctor; "but where, if he has just come from England?
I'll ask him, I think." It was some time before there was a pause in the conversation.

In the first, Dr.Frank struck in.
"How did you come, Mr.Stanford ?" he asked.
"On the Hysperia, from Southampton to New York." "How long ago ?" inquired Kate, indirectly helping him; "a week ?" "No," said Lieutenant Stanford, coolly carving his cold ham; "nearly five." Every one stared.

Kate looked blankly amazed.
"Impossible!" she exclaimed; "five weeks since you landed in New York?
Surely not." "Quite true, I assure you.