saved her from drowning—I didn't tell her it was all your idea, Claire—and said she'd carry the memory of that afternoon in her heart forever. I wonder? I'm pretty sure she will see him, or write to him. But there's one thing about Connie—she's honest. She won't see him and not tell me. I can trust her for that."
Later on the conversation turned on Major Crosby. Madame Claire asked Noel if he had seen him.
"Oh, about that," said Noel. "I went to see his doctor . . . the nice old fellow who came in that night; and I asked him to please send the bill to me. 'Bill?' he said. 'What bill?' When I said 'Major Crosby's,' he clapped me on the back and said, 'I don't send bills to the man who risked his life to get my son out of a shell-hole, under fire.' So now we know. He seems to think the world of Chip."
"Ah," said Madame Claire. "Yes, gallant. . . . I knew that. I hope he comes to see me."
"He said he meant to when I saw him last."
"I seem to be the only one of the family who hasn't met him," said Eric. "What do the others think of him?"
"Well," Noel told him, "Gordon didn't think anything—or anyhow, didn't say. Helen liked
