"Rather! As a younger son, I should have had a very poor chance if I'd not."
"How many towers have you got?" was her next question.
"I don't know," said Scarsdale, laughing at her very literal interpretation of the name of his estate.
"Have they fire-escapes?"
"I'm afraid not," he replied, "but you must come and see for yourself. My mother will be happy to welcome you."
"No, I guess not; I'm too old to start climbing."
"Oh, you wouldn't have to live in them," he hastened to assure her; "there are other parts to the house, and my mother——"
"That's her ladyship?"
"Yes."
"You are sure you haven't any title?" asked Aunt Eliza suspiciously.