And now let me also ask you this--does he ever take any notice of any allusion that may be made to me ?" "I really don't remember hearing any allusion to you." "Oh, that's scarcely possible! You and Minnie must sometimes have alluded to 'Ethel.'" "Well, now that you put it in that light, I do remember hearing Minnie allude to you on several occasions.

Once she wondered why 'Ethel' did not ride.

Again she remarked how 'Ethel' would enjoy a particular view." "And he heard it ?" "Oh, of course." "Then there is not a shadow of a doubt left.

He knows I am here.

He has forgotten me so totally, and is so completely indifferent, that he comes here and pays attention to another who is in the very same house with me.