"You say that my sister knows Valerie West ?" "I--forgot," faltered his mother; "I ought not to have said anything." "Where did Lily meet her ?" he asked, bewildered.
"Don't ask me, Louis.

I should not have spoken--" "Yes, you should have! It is my affair; it concerns me--and it concerns Valerie--her future and mine--our happiness.

Where did Lily meet her ?" "You must ask that of Lily.

I cannot and will not discuss it.

I will say only this: I have seen the--this Miss West.