And I'm sure I made a fairly accurate guess as to the cause." "What did you think ?" asked Mrs.Jardine.
"I thought Mr.Jardine had missed Susette, and you'd had to tell him," said Kate.
"You're quite right.

It's a good thing she went on and lost herself in New York.

I'm not at all sure that he doesn't contemplate starting out to find her yet." "Let Susette go!" said Kate.

"We're interested in forgetting her.
There's a little country school-teacher here, who wants to take her place, and it will be the very thing for your mother and for her, too.
She's the one serving us; notice her in particular." "If she's a teacher, how does she come to be serving us ?" he asked.
"I'm a teacher; how do I come to be dining with you ?" said Kate.

"This is such a queer world, when you go adventuring in it.