"I'm sure Pups hadn't any. That's why he got to the other side so easily. Then I may see about the farm this very day, may I?"
"Yes, this very day, I'll come with you directly after breakfast; but come in and hear about the Argentine cousin."
"You swear to keep the secret, won't you, Mr. Waycott?"
"Certainly, by the seven gods if you like."
As the two entered the dining-room, Miss Honoria thought she had never seen two faces looking so perfectly happy.
Never had Jeanie Hamilton appeared so much excited as she did now as both sisters recounted their good fortune, to which Toney listened with a smile on her lips.
"It will pay for a whole course of Herr Ludowic. Imagine such luck!"
"Jeanie is really worth the lessons, but I'm not," said Maud humbly. "I think she had better have it all and then she can become a professional."
"Cousin Seaton wouldn't like that," said Mrs. Hamilton; "you can keep it and see what you really want. I always said he would make money and that he had a generous heart," and Toney put in,
"If he has made a lot I expect he finds it just a great pleasure to give it away. Now I'll go on to the farm and take notes."