Please take my card to her." This mollified the faithful secretary, but the word instantly came back that Miss Nightingale was not receiving any one that day.

Bok wrote her a letter asking for an appointment, which was never answered.

Then he wrote another, took it personally to the house, and awaited an answer, only to receive the message that "Miss Nightingale says there is no answer to the letter." Bok had with such remarkable uniformity secured whatever he sought, that these experiences were new to him.

Frankly, they puzzled him.

He was not easily baffled, but baffled he now was, and that twice in succession.