"
Alice did not see the happy smile that spread over Quincy's face, and he
covered up his pleasure by saying, "How did you know it was I?"
"Oh," said Alice, "my hearing is very acute. I know the step of every
person in the house. Swiss has been with me all the morning, but he
asked a few minutes ago to be excused, so he could get his dinner."
Quincy laughed, and then, said, "Miss Pettengill, we forgot a very
important matter in connection with your stories; we omitted to put on
the name of the author." He told her of his meeting with Ernst, and what
had taken place, and Alice was delighted. Quincy did not refer to the
coming visit of Dr. Tillotson, for he did not mean to speak of it until
the day appointed arrived. "Now, Miss Pettengill, I have some letters to
write to send back by the hotel carriage, so that they can be mailed
this afternoon. While I am doing this you can decide upon your
pseudonym, and I will put it in the letter that I am going to write to
Ernst."
Quincy went up to his room and sat down at his writing table. The first
letter was to his bankers, and enclosed a check for five hundred
dollars, with a request to send the amount in bills by Adams Express to
Eastborough Centre, to reach there not later than noon of the next
Tuesday, and to be held until called for.
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