Or is it
something I could do?"
She saw that he was surprised to see her, and a little ill at ease as
to just how to take her visit. He tried to make it appear that he
considered it the most natural thing in the world, but he overdid it,
and she saw that her presence was something quite out of the common.
This did not tend to set her any more at her ease. She already
regretted the step she had taken. What if it should prove to be the
same Lockwood, she thought, and what would they think of her?
"Perhaps you will do better than Mr. Lockwood," she said, as she
followed him into the inner office. "I fear I have come upon a very
foolish errand, and one that has nothing at all to do with the law."
"Not a breach of promise suit, then?" said young Latimer, with a
smile. "Perhaps it is only an innocent subscription to a most worthy
charity. I was afraid at first," he went on lightly, "that it was
legal redress you wanted, and I was hoping that the way I led the
Courdert's cotillion had made you think I could conduct you through
the mazes of the law as well."
"No," returned Miss Catherwaight, with a nervous laugh; "it has to do
with my unfortunate collection. This is what brought me here," she
said, holding out the silver medal.
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