5/13 Did you meet with any agreeable people, while you were away ?" "I met one person who interested me," he said, with weary resignation. "A woman, of course!" "A man," Randal answered; "a guest like myself at a club dinner." "Who is he ?" "Captain Bennydeck." "In the army ?" "No: formerly in the navy." "And you and he had a long talk together ?" Randal's tones began to betray irritation. "No," he said "the Captain went away early." Mrs.Presty's vigorous intellect discovered an improbability here. "Then how came you to feel interested in him ?" she objected. "I can't account for it," he said sharply. |