it struck him that the idea of the duel might not have occurred to keller alone, but that his lesson in the art of pistol-loading might have been not altogether accidental! "pooh! nonsense!" he said to himself, struck by another thought, of a sudden. "why, she was immensely surprised to find me there on the verandah, and laughed and talked about tea! and yet she had this little note in her hand, therefore she must have known that i was sitting there. so why was she surprised? ha, ha, ha!"