"Well?"
"Of course it's out of the question," said Dorothy, sadly.
"I don't see why it should be out of the question," said Priscilla proudly. "Indeed, if Aunt Stanbury has said much about it, I should say that Mr. Gibson himself must have spoken to her."
"Do you think he has?"
"I do not believe that my aunt would raise false hopes," said Priscilla.
"But I haven't any hopes. That is to say, I had never thought about such a thing."
"But you think about it now, Dolly?"
"I should never have dreamed about it, only for Aunt Stanbury."
"But, dearest, you are dreaming of it now, are you not?"
"Only because she says that it is to be so. You don't know how generous she is. She says that if it should be so, she will give me ever so much money;—two thousand pounds!"