“I’m thinking of cutting college,” he declared boldly.
“Don’t let us decide on anything definite until we’ve known one another twenty-four hours,” she said, looking at him with a gravity that was almost maternal; and then she turned the horse’s head toward home.
Chapter Six
The Other Man
That evening Burnett felt it necessary to give his friend a word of warning.
“Holloway’s going to take Betty in to-night,” he said, as they descended the tower stairs together.
“Who’s Holloway?” Jack asked.
“You can’t expect to have her all the time, you know,” Burnett continued: “She’s really one of the biggest guns here, even if she is one of the family.”
“Who’s Holloway?”
“Last night the mater had her all mapped out for General Jiggs, and I had an awful time getting her off his hook and on to yours, and then you drove her all this morning and walked her all the afternoon, and the old lady says she’s got to play in Holloway’s yard to-night—jus’ lil’ bit, you know.”
“Who’s Holloway?” Jack demanded.