"I—I shouldn't be surprised," gasped Tom painfully.
"I don't believe a word of it," protested Nicholas.
"He isn't much good, eh?"
"Why, he's a brick," said Nicholas.
"He's a cad," said Tom.
Dudley laughed and blew a cloud of smoke in the air.
"Well, she's a daisy herself, and as good as gold. She's the kind of woman to flirt herself hoarse and then settle down into dove-like domesticity. But what about Eugie? Is she really grown up? My mother declares she's splendid."
Nicholas was silent.
"Oh, she's handsome enough," Tom carelessly replied.
"But not like Sally, eh?"