He smiled.
"Why should I? It was a good idea to keep him. I suppose there is to be a resident engineer?"
"Yes; I suppose so. It would not be a bad idea to keep this young fellow, for I'm told that he has done the work very well. I've not seen him or his sister. I hear that she is an extremely pretty girl, and very ladylike, and I meant calling at the lodge and asking if they were comfortable; but I have been so busy."
"I can quite understand that," he said. "I only hope you will not have tired yourself out for to-morrow night."
She laughed.
"I am not easily tired; and I'm tough, though I'm small," she retorted, with her pretty twang. "By the way, speaking of to-morrow night. I wonder whether this Mr. Falconer would come up and play——"
She hesitated, and looked at him doubtfully.
Drake smiled.
"You think he may be some swell musician?" he said. "Too swell to play for money? It's likely."
"No, it wasn't that; I was thinking that I could scarcely ask him without asking the girl. He's engaged to her, I'm told."