‘O, you need not think of that. It would be too absurd. The youngest must be twice his age.’
‘I was not thinking of any such thing,’ said Philip, smiling, as he thought of the very different course Guy’s affections had taken.
‘I did hear he was to marry Lady Eveleen de Courcy. Is there anything in that report?’
‘No; certainly not.’
‘I should pity the woman who married him, after the specimen I saw of his temper.’
‘Poor boy!’ said Philip.
‘Lady Eveleen has been a great deal at Hollywell, has she not? I rather wondered my aunt should like to have her there, considering all things.’
‘What things, sister?’
‘Considering what a catch he would be for one of the Edmonstone girls.’
‘I thought you had just been pitying the woman who should marry him. Perhaps my aunt had Lady Eveleen there to act as a screen for her own daughters.’