I really know nothing about you, except what you have told me, and what I have seen." Miss De Voe laughed merrily at Peter's frankness.

"I feel as if I knew all about you," she said.
"But you have asked questions," replied Peter.
Miss De Voe caught her breath again.

Try as she would, she could not get accustomed to Peter.

All her social experience failed to bridge the chasm opened by his speech.

"What did he mean by that plain statement, spoken in such a matter-of-fact voice ?" she asked herself.