Now, I shall have to move Aunt Kate back into it to-
morrow, and give Miss Cameron the big one at the end of the hall."
Which goes to prove that Tom's sister was a bit of a snob in her way.
"Stop walking like that, and come here." She faced him accusingly.
"Have you told me ALL there is to tell, sir?"
"Can't you see for yourself, Ede, that I'm in love with her?
Desperately, horribly, madly in love with her. Don't giggle like that!
I couldn't have told you while she was present, could I?"
"That isn't what I want to know. Is she in love with YOU? That's what
I'm after."
"Yes," said he, but frowned anxiously.
"She is perfectly adorable," said she, and was at once aware of a
guilty, nagging impression that she would not have said it to him half
an hour earlier for anything in the world.
The Countess was strangely white and subdued when she rejoined them
later on. She had removed her hat. The other woman saw nothing but the
wealth of sun-kissed hair that rippled. Barnes went forward to meet
her, filled with a sudden apprehension.
"What is it? You are pale and--what have you heard?"
She stopped and looked searchingly into his eyes. A warm flush rose to
her cheeks; her own eyes grew soft and tender and wistful.
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