“None of your nonsense; I see you haven’t changed. Well, who’d have thought it? Just fancy meeting you, and after all this time.”
“How long is it? It must be nearly two years. I haven’t seen you sincethat day we went up the river.”
“Yes, you have.”
“No; where did I see you since?”
“At the bar; I didn’t leave the ‘Gaiety’ for several days after.”
“No more you did; I remember now. But why did you leave without letting me know where you were going?”
“I didn’t know I was leaving till the morning, and I left in the afternoon. A lot of us were changed suddenly. The firm couldn’t get enough young ladies to do the work at the Exhibition.”
“But you didn’t leave an address.”
“Yes, I did.”
“No, you didn’t; I asked the manager, and he told me you had left no address. They didn’t know where yo
