But indeed there was more than kind
consideration in Mrs. Briscoe's look; there was question, speculation, an
accession of interest, and he was quick to note an obvious, though
indefinable, change in Mrs. Royston's eyes as they rested upon him. She
had spent the greater portion of the evening tete-a-tete with her
hostess, the men being with the horses. He was suddenly convinced that
meantime he had been the theme of conversation between the two, and--the
thought appalled him!--Mrs. Briscoe had persuaded her friend that to see
again the woman who had enthralled him of yore was the lure that had
brought him so unexpectedly to this solitude of the mountains. His object
was a matter of business, they had been told, to be sure, but "business"
is an elastic and comprehensive term, and in fact, in view of the
convenience of mail facilities, it might well cloak a subterfuge.
Naturally, the men had not divulged to the women the nature of the
business, more especially since it concerned the qualifications of a
prospective attorney-in-fact.
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