"I'll see to that end of it." He was really almost sharp with me. "What do you think, Will?" I inquired. "Oh, give it to him, give it to him, my dear." And so I did at last. Will and I went to the theater that night, and supper afterward. It was after midnight when we strolled into the hotel. Robert Jennings was sitting in one of the big chairs in the corridor with a paper up before his face. Will had gone to the desk to get our key, and I went up and spoke to Bob. "Well, hello!" I blurted out cheerfully. "What success? Did you see her?" He stood up, and I saw his face then. "Yes, I saw her," he replied, then with difficulty added, "Don't ask me about it," and abruptly he turned away, tossed aside the paper, and walked straight out of the hotel. He might have been in a play on the stage. We had arranged to leave for home the following morning. Will called up Robert's room about nine to find out if he was still planning to return with us. There was no answer. I felt anxious about Bob. Will felt simply irritated. "Ought to have known more than to have gone pressing his suit on a person in Ruth's frame of mind," he grumbled. Robert Jennings didn't show up until three minutes before the train pulled out. His reservation hadn't been canceled, but I had little hope of his appearance. My heart gave a bound of relief when I saw him coming into the car at the farther end. "Oh, here you are!" I said. "I'm so glad you've come. We've been looking for you." "Hello there," put in Will. "Have you? That's good of you," said Bob. He had himself well in hand now. I was glad of that. "I went out for breakfast," he explained. "I was sure to show up, however. I have a five o'clock appointment this afternoon," and he took off his overcoat, swung his chair about, and sat down. For two hours he sat opposite me there without a single reference to the night before. You might have thought I never had seen him cast that newspaper aside and unceremoniously burst out of the hotel. We talked about all sorts of indifferent subjects. Finally I leaned over and asked Will if he didn't want to go into the smoking-car. "Understand?" I inquired. "Surely," he replied, "surely, I do, Miss Canny," and left us. A half-an-hour outside New London Bob began to talk. "Do you want to hear about last night?" he asked me. "If you want to tell me," I replied. "Well, I found her. I found Ruth." "Yes, I know you did, Bob." "Do you know _where_ I found her?" "Why, no. Of course I don't."