Then she said suddenly:
"I'm hurt, George, and yet—in some ways, I'm relieved. . . ."
"What is it, Sally?"
"Your grandfather has written asking me to release him from our engagement!"
"Impossible! . . . What's the reason?" I stammered.
"He says that he doesn't think we're suited to one another. And he wants to be free." She paused, and added, rather quaintly: "He seems to think that there aren't enough adventures in England."
"The old fool!" I exclaimed.
"You mustn't say that!"
"Of course you'll release him. He isn't worthy of you."
"I owe everything to him, George," she said in a low voice.