"Yes, by twelve o'clock I ought really to...."

She was seized with an intwelvese uneasiness at the prospect of having to bealone again so soon, and she exclaimed:

"I have plenty of time--as much as you like. But, of course, it must notbe too late."

"Is your cousin so strict then?"

"But--" she said, "this time, as a matter of fact, I'm not staying withher, you see."

He looked at her in astonishment.