"Ha!" he returned thoughtfully. "That is a more alarming person than the clerk. But after all, my dear, it was but seeking for a new service. She had seen you and Ada a little while before, and it was natural that you should come into her head. She merely proposed herself for your maid, you know. She did nothing more."
"Her manner was strange," said I.

"Ha!" he returned thoughtfully. "That is a more alarming person than the clerk. But after all, my dear, she merely proposed herself for your maid, you know. She did nothing more."
"Her manner was strange," said I.
