“No; that is the strangest of all,” responded Mrs. Kennyfeck. “He just told Leonard to send them home, and we never heard more about them.”
Aunt Fanny shook her head.
“You know, he asked Olivia, as they were going downstairs, what she thought of them; and she replied, 'They 're beautiful.'”
“How did she say it, though; was it like a mere casual remark, or did she make it with feeling?”
“With feeling,” echoed Mrs. Kennyfeck, pursing up her lips.
“Well?”
“Well! he just said, 'I'll take them,' and there was an end of it.”
Aunt Fanny seemed to reflect, and, after some time, said,—
“Now, as to the horse, when did he make her a present of that?”
“It was to Caroline he gave the horse; sure I told you already.”