Betty started, inwardly, and was seized with an unreasoning fear lest the question might next be put to herself. Quietly, as soon as she could, she moved away from the coin cabinet, and seemed to be examining something else; but she was listening all the while.
'Nothing whatever,' Mrs. Dallas had answered.
'They have not come back to England. I have made out so much. I looked up the family after I came home last fall; their headquarters are at a nice old place down in Devonshire. I introduced myself and got acquainted with them. They are pleasant people.
'When are you going to show Miss Frere and me London?' asked Mrs. Dallas. She was as willing to lead off from the other subject as Betty herself.
'What first, Betty?' said Mrs. Dallas.
Betty turned and slowly came back to the others.
'Do you think I have never seen a lion, Mr. Dallas?' said the young lady.
'So should I,' said the younger lady.