"Never you mind. I have an idea; it may be a good one. If it is, I'll
telephone you all about it when the time comes."
He stepped over to the telephone and called up central. He spoke so
low that none of us overheard what he said; but he hung up the
receiver, a satisfied smile on his face.
The girl and I were free to go whither we listed, and we listed to
return at once to New York. Hamilton, however, begged us to remain, to
dance and eat, as a compensation for what we had gone through; but Miss
Hawthorne resolutely shook her head; and as there was nothing in the
world that would have induced me to stay without her, I shook my head,
too. It seemed to me I had known this girl all my life, so closely
does misfortune link one life to another. I had seen her for the first
time less than eight hours before; and yet I was confident that as many
years, under ordinary circumstances, would not have taught me her real
worth.
"Mrs. Hyphen-Bonds will never forgive me," said Hamilton dismally, "if
she hears that I've been the cause, indirectly and innocently, of
turning you away."
"Mrs. Hyphen-Bonds need never know," replied the girl, smiling
inscrutably. "In fact, it would be perfectly satisfactory and
agreeable to me if she never heard at all.
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