brightened up as he stepped from the train and saw Carmelita. But he frowned at the sight of her companion. He could not believe his eyes at first.
Carmelita, determined to pass the scene off gayly, kissed her husband, and exclaimed, "I don't wonder you're surprised, Dudley. I had the shock of my life when I first saw Prince Rao-Singh at Lucy's. He should notify his old friends when he comes to America." She was doing her best to do the honors gayly, but there was a noticeable chill in the air.
Dudley bowed rather coldly and suffered a further decline in spirits when he saw that he was doomed to the rumble seat in back of the one in which Carmelita and the Prince sat. And the fact that she turned around and devoted herself exclusively to him during the fifteen-minute-ride to the Hodge house did not revive him completely.
Carmelita was the first out of the car and as Dudley and Rao-Singh stood together for a moment, the latter offered, "There's no reason why you and I shouldn't be friends, Drake, especially as we're to be neighbors. No doubt, Carmelita has told you that I was in love with her at one time also. But you were the lucky man—and all's fair in love. I hold no grudge."
The cheeky devil—once in love with Car-
