"Disappoints you!" I exclaimed.

"Yes," she exclaimed, "that is the word. You must remember that myacquaintance with you began with a sort of a bump. A great dealhappened in an instant. I formed high ideas of you, and among themwere ideas of the future. You can't help that when you are thinking ofpeople who interest you. Your mind will run ahead. When I found outabout Mrs. Chester I was disappointed. It might be all fairlydelightful, but you ought to do better than that!"

[Illustration: "'D0 Y0U THINK Y0U C0ULD HIT IT WITH AN APPLE?'"]

"How very old are you?" I asked.

"Twenty-two last May," she said in reply.