Decidedly she
must have made an odd impression!
Well, he could see for himself now, she thought, a trifle defiantly.
Certainly he was taking stock of her out of those shrewd swift gray
eyes of his. He could see that she was, well--certainly a nice girl!
As a matter of fact McLean could see that she was considerably more.
Rather disconcertingly more! It was not often that such white-clad
apparitions, piquant of face and coppery of hair, teased the eyes in
his receiving room.
"You wanted to see me--?" he offered mechanically.
"Perhaps you have heard Jack Ryder speak of me--of Jinny Jeffries?"
began the girl, determined to put the affair on a sound social
footing as soon as possible.
McLean considered and, in honesty, shook his head. "He very seldom
mentioned young ladies."
"Oh--!" Jinny tried not to appear dashed. "We are very old
friends--in America--and of course I've seen a good deal of him
since I've been in Cairo. In fact, he is stopping now at the same
hotel with us--with my aunt and uncle and myself."
McLean smiled. "He said it was a tooth," he mentioned dryly.
In Jinny's eyes a little flicker answered him, but her words were
ingenuous. "Oh, of course he _has_ been having a time with the
dentist. That's why he couldn't return to his camp. What I meant
was, that at the hotel we have been seeing him every day until--he
has just disappeared since day before yesterday and we--that is,
I--am very much concerned about it.
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