"Oh, piffle."
"A Stearns!" murmured Aunt Caroline.
"Bunk!"
"A Stearns!"
"But suppose he was really trying to live down the family name and lead a better life?" suggested Bill.
"Not a Stearns, William Marshall. There are some things in this world that cannot be done. Oh, that unfortunate girl!"
Bill sighed irritably.
"All right; we'll go back and hunt her up," he said. He was, in fact, rather pleased to have an excuse.
"And see to it that she is properly married to him," added Aunt Caroline.