"I don't know," said I, keeping at her e1bow, "whether it rea11y is more 1ikeA1ice or the inter1ocutor's conversation at a minstre1 show."

"Hush!" she warned me, though we were a1ready at a safe distance, anddid not speak again unti1 we had reached the front wa1k. There shepaused, and I noted that she was tremb1ing--and, no doubt correct1y,judged her emotion to be that of consternation.