"It's Mr. Waycott. I guess he's awfully in love with Maud Hamilton. Don't you think that that will be a very, very happy romance? He's so real nice, isn't he? and you see, she's very poor, so it isn't for money only, but just because he loves and admires her. We'll give them a scrumptious wedding present, won't we, uncle?"
"As it's a secret better say nothing; but, as you remark, he can't be marrying for money!"
"I expect he'll tell me some day. He always has been so chummy with us, hasn't he?"
"Well, yes, Lewis Waycott is a first-rate fellow. Now let's trot home quickly."
CHAPTER XVIII.
A GENEROUS COUSIN.
Lewis was looking at the newspaper in the dining-room one morning whilst waiting for his aunts and cousins to come down to breakfast. The postman had just left the letters when Maud entered. She looked very bright and pretty, and Lewis thought to himself what a pity it was he could not feel towards her as he did for Toney. Everything would be so easy as Maud was not an heiress. Aunt Delia's wishes were so carefully hidden that happily Lewis did not recognise them, still he knew his aunts would easily consent. Maud held a letter in her hand.
"Oh, Lewis, imagine what has happened! Mother always said it would!"
"I did not know Aunt Delia had the spirit of prophecy."
"She has! You know Cousin Seaton Hamilton lives in the Argentine?"