Nobody knew how he had settled the question of Georgia's identity since the day of the Belden House tea. Either he had lost interest in her, and had not taken the trouble to pick her out of the class; or else he had failed to do so and was too proud to ask any more questions. All "The Merry Hearts" knew was the fact of his having finally given Georgia's handkerchief to the janitor, who had in turn surrendered it to Babe, after a long argument in which he flatly declared that there was "somethin' crooked somewhar and he'd hold her responsible if that there Miss Ames ever turned up to bother him."