"'But if you took the next train, you would still arrive two or three hours before him; that is--may I ask where you were going?' "'Oh, I think Schandau is the name of the place.' "'Schandau? Oh, then it's all right. There is a train starts immediately.' "'Yes--but--no; I'm afraid I can't do that.' "I was puzzled. 'Perhaps you would like to telegraph him to come back here for you?' "'I don't know where to telegraph, so that he would get it; besides---- But, excuse me, sir. You are very kind; but I won't trouble you with my affairs. I dare say I shall get on very well.' "She turned away with a slight bow; but she was so evidently nonplussed, that I determined to make another effort to gain her confidence. There was not much time to lose; the first bell was already ringing. "'I am going on to Schandau,' I said. 'If you like, I will send you back to your hotel in a droschkey; and when I get to Schandau, I will hunt up your father and tell him the mistake he has made. Here is my card.' "She looked at it, and her manner at once changed. A half-repressed smile glimmered on her face. I felt that we were on a right footing at last, though I could not at the time understand how it had happened. "'I will confess to you, Mr. Gainsborough,' she said, glancing up at me with a charming trustfulness in her manner. 'My papa is so forgetful. We were not coming back to Dresden. After Schandau we were going on to Prague; and he has gone off with all our luggage, and--and he has left me without even any money to buy my ticket! At least, I did have enough, but I spent it all in my shopping.'