74 HARK FORRARD! 



' Why ever should you say that, my dear ? 

 It is odd, for I have been puzzling my brain 

 ever since I have been in this room on that very 

 subject/ 



' I will tell you why,' said Kay Danby. 

 ' Palmer and I walked round the steeplechase 

 course yesterday, and just as we crossed the 

 course we came upon a drag on which was 

 Miss Lancelot. She bowed to Miller — I had to 

 draw his attention to the fact — and though she 

 was most cordial in her greeting when we did 

 go up to the coach, he was anything but in 

 good form, and threw cold water on the idea 

 of coming to this dance. When we left 1 

 asked him where he had met her, and he was 

 so very short in his manner that I came to the 

 conclusion that there had been a row between 

 them. What do you think ? ' 



' I think that she cares for him awfully ; 

 but I am completely puzzled. If I were not so 

 sure that she cares for him I should think that 

 he had proposed and been refused. I must 

 ask Alfred when I get a chance.' 



