\"Well—a considerable price. At least the sum is considerable for me.\"
He paused again, beating about the question he felt he must put.
\"It was to meet him here that you came?\"
She stared, and then burst into a laugh. \"Meet him—my husband? HERE? At this season he's always at Cowes or Baden.\"
\"He sent some one?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"With a letter?\"
She shook her head. \"No; just a message. He never writes. I don't think I've
\"Well—a considerable price. At least the sum is considerable for me.\"
He paused again, beating about the question he felt he must put.
\"It was to meet him here that you came?\"
She stared, and then burst into a laugh. \"Meet him—my husband? HERE? At this season he's always at Cowes or Baden.\"
\"He sent some one?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"With a letter?\"
She shook her head. \"No; just a message. He never writes. I don't think I've
