26/28 But she wouldn't go into the matter. Curious, isn't it, your meeting at this end of the world; and that, too, at such a moment ?" "It is curious," Reuben said; "what people call a coincidence. But Mrs.Donald is mistaken in telling you that her people did me an injustice. Her father was one of the kindest friends I ever had, and although Mrs.Ellison somewhat misjudged me, and her daughter naturally shared her feeling, they were not in anyway to be blamed for that; for they only thought as ninety-nine people out of a hundred did." "Whitney, Whitney," Mr.Donald muttered to himself. "I seemed to know the name, though I cannot recall where. |