"Now I think, they did." "I had a very large circle of acquaintances in the city," I said.

"It is not unlikely that I knew or knew of some of them.

Perhaps I may have known them well.

Wouldn't it be interesting if I should chance to be able to tell you all about your great-grandfather, for instance ?" "Very interesting." "Do you know your genealogy well enough to tell me who your forbears were in the Boston of my day ?" "Oh, yes." "Perhaps, then, you will some time tell me what some of their names were." She was engrossed in arranging a troublesome spray of green, and did not reply at once.

Steps upon the stairway indicated that the other members of the family were descending.
"Perhaps, some time," she said.
After breakfast, Dr.Leete suggested taking me to inspect the central warehouse and observe actually in operation the machinery of distribution, which Edith had described to me.