"
"I am quite certain that she did, Mr. Schmidt," said she.
"You really think so?" he cried, regarding her keenly.
"The man who came to meet me knows her quite well. He is confident
that he saw her at Cherbourg."
"I see," said he, and was thoroughly convinced. "I may as well
confess to you. Miss Guile, that I also know her when I see her."
"But you told me positively that you had never seen her, Mr.
Schmidt," she said quickly.
"I had not seen her up to the second day out on the _Jupiter_," he
explained, enjoying himself immensely.
"It was after that that you--"
"I know," he said, as she hesitated; "but you see I didn't know she
was Miss Blithers until sometime after I had met you." There was a
challenge in his manner amounting almost to a declaration.
She leaned forward to regard him more intently.
"Is it possible, Mr. Schmidt, that you suspect _me_ of being
that horrid, vulgar creature?"
Robin was not to be trapped. There was something in the shadowy eyes
that warned him.
"At least, I may say that I do not suspect you of being a horrid,
vulgar creature," he said evasively.
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