"
Thatcher did not reply, but moved away. He HAD noticed Carmen de Haro,
and was about to greet her with mingled pleasure and embarrassment.
But he had heard her compliment to the Senator, and this strong,
preoccupied, automatic man, who only ten days before had no thought
beyond his property, was now thinking more of that compliment to another
than of his success; and was beginning to hate the Senator who had saved
him, the lawyer who stood beside him, and even the little figure that
had tripped down the steps unconscious of him.
CHAPTER XVI
AND WHO FORGOT IT
It was somewhat inconsistent with Royal Thatcher's embarrassment and
sensitiveness that he should, on leaving the Capitol, order a carriage
and drive directly to the lodgings of Miss De Haro. That on finding she
was not at home, he should become again sulky and suspicious, and even
be ashamed of the honest impulse that led him there, was, I suppose,
manlike and natural. He felt that he had done all the courtesy required;
he had promptly answered her dispatch with his presence.
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