Just as we were coming out of the convention.

He said something about you to a group of men which called my attention to him." Miss De Voe thought Peter would ask her what it was.

"Would you like to know what he said ?" she asked, when Peter failed to do so.
"I think he would have said it to me, if he wished me to hear it." Miss De Voe's mind reverted to her criticism of Peter.

"He is so absolutely without our standards." Her chair suddenly ceased to be comfortable.

She rose, saying, "Let us go to the library.