Fortunately it
came to him in time.
"We can give you rooms on the third floor. Will that do?"
"Yes, sir, I think so. We would like to be near together."
"Very well. I can give you two rooms directly opposite to each
other."
"That will do, sir."
The clerk touched a bell, and a porter presented himself:
"Here are the keys of sixty-six and sixty-eight," said the hotel
clerk. "Take this young gentleman's luggage to sixty-six, and show
the lady with him to number sixty-eight."
Ben followed the porter, pausing at the door of the ladies' parlor,
where his companion awaited him.
"Come, Ida," he said, feeling a little awkward at addressing Miss
Sinclair so familiarly. "The servant is ready to show us our rooms."
"Very well, Ben," said Miss Sinclair, smiling. She did not seem so
nervous now.
As the clerk had said, the rooms were directly opposite each other.
They were large and very comfortable in appearance. As Miss Sinclair
entered her room she said:
"Join me in the ladies' parlor in fifteen minutes, Ben. I have
something to say to you."
Ben looked around him with considerable satisfaction. He had only
left home that morning; he had met with a severe disappointment, and
yet he was now fortunate beyond his most sanguine hopes.
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