I _have_ got a daughter Sylvia," he said, obviously recollecting the fact with surprise.

"But you are at Chamonix." "I was at Chamonix yesterday." Garratt Skinner looked sharply at Sylvia.
"Did your mother send you to me ?" "No," she answered.

"But she let me go.

I came of my own accord.

A letter came from you--" "Did you see it ?" interrupted her father.