Constance received it in the spirit in which it was given.
'Who's the man ?' she inquired, as she shook hands with Mrs.Eustace.
'You don't know him--Harry Eastman, a friend of Jerry's.

Jerry doesn't know it yet, and I had to confide in some one.

Oh, it's no secret; Harry cabled home--he wanted to get it announced so I couldn't change my mind.
You see he only had a three weeks' vacation; he took a fast boat, landed at Cherbourg, followed us the whole length of France, and caught us in Lucerne just after Jerry had gone.

I couldn't refuse him after he'd taken such a lot of trouble.

That's what detained us: we had expected to come a week ago.