"We won't talk about the money any more to-day. I hate talking about money."
"It is not the pleasantest subject in the world."
"No," said he; "no indeed. I hate it,—particularly between friends. So you have come to grief with your friends, the Aylmers?"
"I hope I haven't come to grief,—and the Aylmers, as a family, never were my friends. I'm obliged to contradict you, point by point,—you see."
"I don't like Captain Aylmer at all," said Will, after a pause.
"So I saw Will; and I dare say he was not very fond of you."
"Fond of me! I didn't want him to be fond of me. I don't suppose he ever thought much about me. I could not help thinking of him."—She had nothing to say to this, and therefore walked on silently by his side. "I suppose he has not any idea of coming back here again?"
"What; to Belton? No, I do not think he will come to Belton any more."
"Nor will you go to Aylmer Park?"
"No; certainly not. Of all the places on earth, Will, to which you could send me, Aylmer Park is the one to which I should go most unwillingly."