"From every one on board, as well as from your letters if you write from
Queenstown?"
"Well, I'll try to do as you say," he answered, "but I should like to
have a talk with you before we land."
He went to his stateroom a little thoughtfully. It had not yet occurred
to him that Virginia's errand to London and his might possibly have
something in common.
CHAPTER II
REFLECTIONS
Littleson, before many hours of their voyage had passed, became
conscious that Virginia was showing a slight but unmistakable desire to
avoid his society. Being a Harvard graduate, something of an athlete,
and a young man of fashion and popularity, he did not for a moment
entertain the idea that there could be anything personal in her feeling.
He came to the conclusion, therefore, that she had either discovered his
connection with Stella's behaviour, or that the object of her visit to
Europe was one that she desired to conceal from him. On the afternoon of
the day when he had received his first but distinct snub, he made a
point of drawing his chair over to hers.
"I am not going to bother you very much, Miss Longworth," he said, "but
I feel that I must ask you a question.
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