"He says I am not to tell anyone."
"Mr. Hamilton Stirling would certainly make an exception in my case. He would not wish you to hide anything from me."
"He says—nobody!"
"Then I think he is wrong. And I do not think you are bound to follow such an injunction."
Doris's head went up.
"He advises me to read some books on geology."
"That cannot be what he does not wish you to repeat."
"No."
"And at your age—"
"I'm nineteen."