"
"She-- Oh!"
The judge looked Meldon straight in the face. He was surprised, and
evidently sceptical.
"If you don't believe me," said Meldon, "ask Miss King."
"Anyhow," said the judge, "however you knew it, you were perfectly
right. I don't like to go into details, but when I came down from the
river this afternoon the position of affairs was quite plain to me."
"She was looking eager, I suppose, and perhaps a little anxious."
"I should hardly say anxious. The fact is that they--"
"Was the Major there then?"
"Of course he was," said the judge.
"I don't see any 'of course' about it. He might have come afterwards."
"If you'd seen what I saw," said the judge--"a mere glimpse, of course
I coughed at once. But if you'd been there you'd know that he couldn't
have come afterwards. He must have been there for some time."
"I don't know what you mean," said Meldon.
"If you will have it in plain language," said the judge, "the whole
thing was settled, and the usual accompaniments were in full swing."
"Do you mean to suggest that my friend Major Kent was kissing Miss
King?"
"As well as I could see, he was.
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