MISS THOMASINA TUCKER
“I suppose all through my life people will be turning up who were in that room!” said Miss Tucker ungraciously. “I must tell somebody what I feel about that concert! I should prefer some one who was n’t a stranger, but you are a great deal better than nobody. Do you mind?”
Appleton laughed like a boy, and flung his hat a little distance into a patch of sea-pinks.
“Not a bit. Use me, or abuse me, as you like, so long as you don’t send me away, for this was my favorite spot before you chose it for yours.”
“I live in New York, and I came abroad early in the summer,” began Tommy.
“I know that already!” interrupted Appleton.
“Oh, I suppose the bishop told you.”
“No, I came with you; that is, I was your fellow passenger.”
“Did you? Why, I never saw you on the boat.”
“My charms are not so dazzling that I
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