"I'm afraid we're talking scandal," said he. "You know the relationship?"
"What relationship?"
"Why, his relationship to the family. He is Gwendolen's cousin and I have heard it said that he's named after her in Madam Ocumpaugh's will."
"O, I see! The next heir, eh?"
"Yes, to the Rathbone property."
"So that if she is not found—"
"Your sickly man, in that case, would be well worth the marrying."
"Is Mrs. Carew so fond of money as all that? I thought she was a woman of property."
"She is; but it takes money to make some men interesting. He isn't handsome enough, or independent enough to go entirely on his own merits. Besides, he has a troop of relatives hanging on to him—blood-suckers who more than eat up his salary."
"A business man, then?"