"That is foolish."
"I know it, but that's David Collins!"
"I wonder—" she stopped.
"What?" asked Polly.
"I was only thinking about Colonel Gresham. Perhaps it was jealousy that caused the estrangement between him and Mrs. Jocelyn."
"Maybe—I never heard what it was."
"Possibly it is in the blood, and David can't help it."
"He needn't be a goose just because his grand uncle was! It isn't as if we were grown up!"
Miss Sterling gave a little laugh.
"I don't care, it isn't!" insisted Polly. "If I were eighteen and engaged to him, of course, I shouldn't expect to go around with other boys—'t wouldn't be right: but now—!" Polly's face finished it.