She had said a great deal to him about her performances, declaring that he would find them to be neither vulgar nor disagreeable.

She told him that she had no friend in Sydney, but that she had been able to get an engagement for a fortnight at Melbourne, and had been very shortly afterwards pressed to come on to Sydney.

She listened not only with patience, but apparently with the greatest pleasure, to all that he could tell her of Dick Shand, and Mr.Crinkett, and Mick Maggott, arousing herself quite to enthusiasm when he came to the finding of the gold.

But there was not a word said the whole day as to their future combined prospects.

Nor was there any more outspoken allusion to loves and darlings, or any repetition of that throwing herself into his arms.