"Lots; but which?"
"Toby is engaged to Miss Murchison. The Crœsum told me in the train this morning. She is coming to see you this afternoon."
Kit for the moment forgot her other worries.
"Oh, how delightful!" she cried. "Dear Toby! And Lily is most charming, and so pretty! Do you know her, Mr. Alington?"
"I have met her at your house, I think. And an heiress, is she not?"
"I believe she has a little money," said Kit. "One has heard people say so. But mere gossip, perhaps."
Jack laughed low and noiselessly.
"That will be so pleasant for Toby," he observed, "if it is true."
Kit sighed.
"What a pity that it is not the custom for a bride to settle money on her husband's brother, Jack!" she said.