"I should like to see old Edwin again."
"I never knew you were friends."
"Well, I used to see him pretty often at Lane End House, after Alicia and I were engaged. In fact once he jolly nearly beat me in a set."
"Edwin did?" she exclaimed.
"The same.... He had a way of saying things that a feller somehow thought about afterwards."
"Oh! So you noticed that!"
"Does he still?"
"I--I don't know. But he used to."
"You ought to have brought him. In fact I quite thought he was coming. Anyhow, I told Alicia to invite him, too, as soon as we knew you were bringing old Jan down."
"She did mention it, Alicia did. But, oh! He wouldn't hear of it. Works! Works! No holiday all summer."