"Oh, I can do that, Toney, before I go."
"You are always good and kind. When will you come back?"
"I've no plans, it depends."
"On what?—on Maud, of course."
"Of course, if Aunt Delia and Maud go away I can't stay away too long."
"Why should they go?"
"No reason, so I expect they'll stay."
"Maud is very unselfish."
"Yes—but unselfish women are not always easy to deal with."
They turned into a path leading to the front of Waycott Hall, and Toney remarked,