There was no time to finish the sentence for Mrs. Hamilton had glided up to them.
"Jeanie, my darling! Oh—Mr. Weston—this is indeed delightful, but this is too public a place to say more."
Jeanie kissed her mother in silence, then she had to move about in a dream and answer questions and smile, and see that Frank had some supper, repeating to herself, "But for Toney I think I should have died." Remembering her little darts at Toney she was still more humbled, and humility is good for such souls.
Toney was giving Lewis some supper and wondering why Maud left him alone.
"You are glad, aren't you?"
"Glad—yes—I think I'm even curious."
"Why! You couldn't be curious! I knew you could be so happy about it because of Maud."
"Yes, indeed, she has been so unselfish about her sister, and you have done good to both."
"Good to myself. I do get pleasure out of it, and if it hadn't been for the dear General I couldn't have bribed Mr. Weston to come."
"He gets huge sums I hear."