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I seldom see you at a reception, and when I do you do not usually give me
very, much of your attention."
"I never imagined that you wished it or I would have been very glad to
make myself happy in that way.--But one seldom gets an opportunity to say
more than a sentence to you in a place like that. You are always the
centre of a group--a fact which you may have noticed yourself. But if
one might come here--"
"Indeed you would always find a hearty welcome, Mr. Buckstone. I have
often wished you would come and tell me more about Cairo and the
Pyramids, as you once promised me you would."
"
Why, do you remember that yet, Miss Hawkins? I thought ladies' memories
were more fickle than that."
"
Oh, they are not so fickle as gentlemen's promises. And besides, if I
had been inclined to forget, I--did you not give me something by way of a
remembrancer?"
"
"
"
Did I?"
Think."
It does seem to me that I did; but I have forgotten what it was now."
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