"And Professor Kennedy?" she added, turning to us.
"I think I have seen Mr. de Moche about the campus," said Craig,
as I, too, shook hands with him, "although you are not in any of
my classes."
"No, Professor," concurred the young man, who was, however,
considerably older than the average student taking courses like
his.
I found it quite enough to watch the faces of those about me just
then. Between Lockwood and de Moche it seemed that there existed a
latent hostility. The two eyed each other with decided disfavour.
As for Norton, he seemed to be alternately watching each of them.
An awkward silence followed, and de Moche seemed to take the cue,
for after a few more remarks to Inez he withdrew as gracefully as
he could, with a parting interchange of frigid formalities with
Lockwood. It did not take much of a detective to deduce that both
of the young men might have agreed on one thing, though that
caused the most serious of differences between them--their
estimation of Inez de Mendoza.
Inez, on her part, seemed also to be visibly relieved at his
departure, though she had been cordial enough to him. I wondered
what it all meant.
Lockwood, too, seemed to be ill at ease still.
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