I'm very glad I did
now. If I hadn't I shouldn't have met you."
"What did you do with the baby?"
"I didn't drop her on the way, if that's what you're thinking of. I'm
not that kind of man at all, and I am particularly fond of the child.
I scarcely ever complain when she keeps me awake at night, though many
men I know would want to smother her. She and my wife are stopping
with my mother-in-law in Rathmines. I'm going down for a fortnight's
yachting with the Major. I might persuade him to give you a day's
sailing, perhaps, if he doesn't find out who you are, and we succeed in
keeping it dark about your going on with your work. I daresay it would
cheer you up to go out on the bay. I expect you find your work pretty
trying."
"It is very trying. I often feel completely exhausted at the end of
the day."
"Nerve strain," said Meldon. "I don't wonder. It's a marvel how you
stand it."
"Then I can't sleep," said Miss King. "Often I can't sleep for two or
three nights together."
"It surprises me to hear that you ever sleep at all. Don't they haunt
you? I've always heard--"
"My people?"
"Yes, your people, if that's what you call them.
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